IS PHOTON ANGULAR-MOMENTUM CONSERVED IN A DIELECTRIC MEDIUM

Authors
KRISTENSEN M WOERDMAN JP
Citation
M. Kristensen et Jp. Woerdman, IS PHOTON ANGULAR-MOMENTUM CONSERVED IN A DIELECTRIC MEDIUM, Physical review letters, 72(14), 1994, pp. 2171-2174
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physical review letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00319007
Volume
72
Issue
14
Year of publication
1994
Pages
2171 - 2174
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(1994)72:14<2171:IPACIA>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
We report the first measurement of photon angular momentum inside a di electric medium. In contrast to the corresponding photon linear moment um, which is proportional to the refractive index n, we find the angul ar momentum to be independent of n.