PHOTON SPIN AND THE PARAXIAL WAVE-EQUATION

Authors
HAUS HA PAN JL
Citation
Ha. Haus et Jl. Pan, PHOTON SPIN AND THE PARAXIAL WAVE-EQUATION, American journal of physics, 61(9), 1993, pp. 818-822
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
American journal of physics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029505
Volume
61
Issue
9
Year of publication
1993
Pages
818 - 822
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9505(1993)61:9<818:PSATPW>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
The spin of a circularly polarized wave in vacuo is clarified if one a cknowledges the finite transverse extent of the wave. This is done sel f-consistently in the paraxial wave approximation.