Characterizing optical chirality

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作者
Bliokh, Konstantin Y. [1 ,2 ]
Nori, Franco [2 ,3 ]
机构
[1] Natl Univ Ireland, Sch Phys, Appl Opt Grp, Galway, Ireland
[2] RIKEN, Adv Sci Inst, Wako, Saitama 3510198, Japan
[3] Univ Michigan, Dept Phys, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA
基金
爱尔兰科学基金会;
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10.1103/PhysRevA.83.021803
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We examine the recently introduced measure of chirality of a monochromatic optical field [Y. Tang and A. E. Cohen, Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 163901 (2010)] using the momentum (plane-wave) representation and helicity basis. Our analysis clarifies the physical meaning of the measure of chirality and unveils its close relation to the polarization helicity, spin angular momentum, energy density, and Poynting energy flow. We derive the operators of the optical chirality and of the corresponding chiral momentum, which acquire remarkably simple forms in the helicity representation.
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