IS PHOTON ANGULAR-MOMENTUM CONSERVED IN A DIELECTRIC MEDIUM

被引：34

作者：

KRISTENSEN, M

WOERDMAN, JP

机构：

[1] Huygens Laboratory, University of Leiden, 2300 RA Leiden

来源：

PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS | 1994年 / 72卷 / 14期

关键词：

D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevLett.72.2171

中图分类号：

O4 [物理学];

学科分类号：

0702 ;

摘要：

We report the first measurement of photon angular momentum inside a dielectric medium. In contrast to the corresponding photon linear momentum, which is proportional to the refractive index n, we find the angular momentum to be independent of n.

引用

页码：2171 / 2174

页数：4

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