Canonical separation of angular momentum of light into its orbital and spin parts

Journal of Optics

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Bialynicki Birula, Iwo ^a   Bialynicka Birula, Zofia ^b  

^a CENTER FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

Angular momentum of light; quantum mechanics of photons; Riemann Silberstein vector

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; PHOTONS;

ANGULAR MOMENTUM OF LIGHT;

LIGHT;

EID: 79957859237     PISSN: 20408978     EISSN: 20408986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/2040-8978/13/6/064014     Document Type: Article

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