Optical helicity, optical spin and related quantities in electromagnetic theory
Cameron, Robert and Barnett, Stephen and Yao, Alison (2012) Optical helicity, optical spin and related quantities in electromagnetic theory. New Journal of Physics, 14 (5). 053050. ISSN 1367-2630 (https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/14/5/053050)
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Abstract
We examine the optical helicity, the optical spin and the ij-infra- zilches in electromagnetic theory and show that these conserved quantities can be combined to form a new description of the angular momentum associated with optical polarization: one that is analogous to the familiar description of optical energy and linear momentum. The symmetries of Maxwell’s equations that underlie the conservation of our quantities are presented and discussed. We explain that a similar but distinct set of quantities, Lipkin’s zilches, describe the ‘angular momentum’ of the curl of the electromagnetic field, rather than the angular momentum of the electromagnetic field itself.
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Cameron, Robert ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8809-5459, Barnett, Stephen and Yao, Alison ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6260-5852;-
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Item type: Article ID code: 39955 Dates: DateEvent31 May 2012PublishedSubjects: Science > Physics > Optics. Light Department: Faculty of Science > Physics Depositing user: Pure Administrator Date deposited: 06 Jun 2012 15:03 Last modified: 07 Sep 2024 12:44 URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/39955