SPIN AND ORBITAL ANGULAR-MOMENTUM OF PHOTONS

被引：168
作者：
VANENK, SJ [1 ]
NIENHUIS, G [1 ]
机构：
[1] LEIDEN UNIV,HUYGENS LAB,2300 RA LEIDEN,NETHERLANDS
来源：
EUROPHYSICS LETTERS | 1994年 / 25卷 / 07期
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D O I：
10.1209/0295-5075/25/7/004
中图分类号：
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号：
0702 ;
摘要：
We consider the separation of the total angular momentum of the electromagnetic field into a <<spin>> and an <<orbital>> part. Though this separation is normally considered to be unphysical and not observable, we argue that both members in the separation are separately measurable quantities. However, the commutation relations for the associated quantum operators reveal that neither of them is an angular-momentum operator.
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