Comparison of different forms for the "spin" and "orbital" components of the angular momentum of light

Details Comparison of different forms for the "spin" and "orbital" components of the angular momentum of light Comparison of different forms for the "spin" and "orbital" components of the angular momentum of light

2010-10-06

arxiv.org/abs/1010.1056v5

International Journal of Optics: 2011:728350,2011

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Classical Physics

Some clarifications. 7 pages pdf. Earlier version published in International Journal of Optics: http://www.hindawi.com/journ

Scientific paper

10.1155/2011/7828350

We compare three attempts that have been made to decompose the angular momentum of the electromagnetic field into components of an "orbital" and "spin" nature. All three expressions are different and it appears, on the basis of classical electrodynamics, that there is no preferred way of decomposing the angular momentum of the electromagnetic field into orbital and spin components, even in an inertial frame.

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