Zitterbewegung of a photon

Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics

Volumn 253, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 7-11

  Kobe, Donald H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Maxwell's equations; Photon; Relativistic equation; Spin; Velocity operator; Zitterbewegung

Indexed keywords

MAXWELL EQUATIONS; PARTICLE BEAMS;

ORBITAL ANGULAR MOMENTUM; RELATIVISTIC EQUATION; SINGLE PHOTONS; SPATIAL AMPLITUDE; SPIN; ZITTERBEWEGUNG;

PHOTONS;

EID: 0041708488     PISSN: 03759601     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0375-9601(99)00011-0     Document Type: Article

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