Dual electromagnetism: helicity, spin, momentum and angular momentum
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Dual electromagnetism: helicity, spin, momentum and angular momentum
The dual symmetry between electric and magnetic fields is an important intrinsic property of Maxwell equations in free space. This symmetry underlies the conservation of optical helicity and, as we show here, is closely related to the separation of spin and orbital degrees of freedom of light (the helicity flux coincides with the spin angular momentum). However, in the standard field-theory for...
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عنوان ژورنال: New Journal of Physics
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1367-2630
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/15/3/033026