Analogies between optical and quantum mechanical angular momentum

The insight that a beam of light can carry orbital angular momentum (AM) in its propagation direction came up in 1992 as a surprise. Nevertheless, the existence of momentum and AM of an electromagnetic field has been well known since the days of Maxwell. We compare the expressions for densities of A...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series A: Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences physical, and engineering sciences, 2017-02, Vol.375 (2087), p.20150443-20150443
1. Verfasser:	Nienhuis, Gerard
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Analogies Angular Momentum Electromagnetic fields Linear operators Operators (mathematics) Operators In Optics Optical Modes Quantum mechanics Quantum theory
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