Optical helicity, optical spin and related quantities in electromagnetic theory

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 14, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Cameron, Robert P ^a   Barnett, Stephen M ^a   Yao, Alison M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVED QUANTITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC THEORIES; HELICITIES; LINEAR MOMENTA; MAXWELL'S EQUATIONS; OPTICAL ENERGY;

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS;

ELECTRIC FIELDS;

EID: 84861942726     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/14/5/053050     Document Type: Article

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