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Intrinsic angular momentum of the electromagnetic field

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2009

Deng Ximing
Deng Ximing
Affiliation:
High Power Laser and Physics Laboratory, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Academia Sinica, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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Abstract

The main point of the hydrodynamic model of the electromagnetic field (Deng Ximing & Fang Honglie 1979, 1980) is that the motion of the electromagnetic field can be divided into two parts: orbital motion and intrinsic motion. This paper defines an intrinsic angular momentum deduced from the intrinsic motion and a related Î (imaginary number) operator, whose basic properties are discussed. In addition, the conservation property of the intrinsic angular momentum and the relation between it and the spin angular momentum of the electromagnetic field are described.

Type
Research Article
Information
Laser and Particle Beams , Volume 10 , Issue 1 , March 1992 , pp. 117 - 134
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1992

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