2010/03/21 by Michaël Mazilu, Michael Mazilu, Mazilu, Michael
Computer Science · Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #Optics (physics.optics) #Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics #Quantum Information and Cryptography #Quantum Mechanics and Applications #physics.optics
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1003.4019
arxiv created 2010/03/21 · openalex publication_date 2010/03/21 · arxiv updated 2010/03/23 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Within the first quantisation of Maxwell's equations, we introduce the dynamic energy, linear momentum, angular momentum and optical spin of the electromagnetic fields. We show that these different quantities are conserved during the propagation of light in vacuum and are additive only for eigenmodes of the electromagnetic field.