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 there seems to be no reason to prefer one to another. It appears, on the basis of classical electrodynamics, that there is no unique way of decomposing the angular momentum of the electromagnetic field into orbital and spin components, even in a fixed inertial frame
We introduce the angular-momentum flux as the natural description of the angular momentum carried by...
We present a study of the properties of the transversal "spin angular momentum" and "orbital angular...
The expression for the total angular momentum carried by a laser optical vortex beam, splits, in the...
The modern field of optical angular momentum began with the realisation by Allen et al in 1992 that,...
The association of spin and orbital angular momenta of light with its polarization and helical phase...
It is shown how the standard forms for the spin and orbital components of the angular momentum of a ...
A decomposition of the angular momentum of the classical electromagnetic field into orbital and spin...
By means of the Helmholtz theorem on the decomposition of vector fields, the angular momentum of the...
Electromagnetic fields carry a linear and an angular momentum, the first being responsible for the e...
By means of the Helmholtz theorem on the decomposition of vector fields, the angular momentum of the...
Electromagnetic fields carry a linear and an angular momentum, the first being responsible for the e...
Abstract We review and re-examine the description and separation of the spin and orbital angular mom...
Invoking Maxwell's classical equations in conjunction with expressions for the electromagnetic (EM) ...
The usual description in basic electromagnetic theory of the linear and angular momenta of light is ...
We review and re-examine the description and separation of the spin and orbital angular momenta (AM)...
We introduce the angular-momentum flux as the natural description of the angular momentum carried by...
We present a study of the properties of the transversal "spin angular momentum" and "orbital angular...
The expression for the total angular momentum carried by a laser optical vortex beam, splits, in the...
The modern field of optical angular momentum began with the realisation by Allen et al in 1992 that,...
The association of spin and orbital angular momenta of light with its polarization and helical phase...
It is shown how the standard forms for the spin and orbital components of the angular momentum of a ...
A decomposition of the angular momentum of the classical electromagnetic field into orbital and spin...
By means of the Helmholtz theorem on the decomposition of vector fields, the angular momentum of the...
Electromagnetic fields carry a linear and an angular momentum, the first being responsible for the e...
By means of the Helmholtz theorem on the decomposition of vector fields, the angular momentum of the...
Electromagnetic fields carry a linear and an angular momentum, the first being responsible for the e...
Abstract We review and re-examine the description and separation of the spin and orbital angular mom...
Invoking Maxwell's classical equations in conjunction with expressions for the electromagnetic (EM) ...
The usual description in basic electromagnetic theory of the linear and angular momenta of light is ...
We review and re-examine the description and separation of the spin and orbital angular momenta (AM)...
We introduce the angular-momentum flux as the natural description of the angular momentum carried by...
We present a study of the properties of the transversal "spin angular momentum" and "orbital angular...
The expression for the total angular momentum carried by a laser optical vortex beam, splits, in the...