Optical currents

Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Berry, M V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flux; Interference; Momentum; Polarization; Poynting; Rays

Indexed keywords

EXPECTATION VALUES; INTERFERENCE; MOMENTUM OPERATORS; OPTICAL VORTICES; OPTICAL WAVES; PARAXIAL; POYNTING; POYNTING VECTORS; RAYS; WAVE VECTOR; WEAK MEASUREMENTS;

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; POLARIZATION;

LIGHT;

EID: 67649171219     PISSN: 14644258     EISSN: 17413567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1464-4258/11/9/094001     Document Type: Article

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