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Quantisation of the free electromagnetic field implies quantisation of its angular momentum

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dc.contributor.authorStewart, Andrew
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-10T23:34:31Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.date.updated2016-02-24T08:21:26Z
dc.description.abstractIt is shown that when the gauge-invariant Bohr-Rosenfeld commutators of the free electromagnetic field are applied to the expressions for the linear and angular momentum of the electromagnetic field interpreted as operators then, in the absence of electric and magnetic charge densities, these operators satisfy the canonical commutation relations for momentum and angular momentum. This confirms their validity as operators that can be used in quantum mechanical calculations of angular momentum.
dc.identifier.issn0950-0340
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/69456
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis Group
dc.sourceJournal of Modern Optics
dc.subjectKeywords: Commutation relation; Quantisation; quantum electrodynamics; Quantum-mechanical calculation; Electric commutators; Electrodynamics; Electromagnetic fields; Quantum electronics; Angular momentum angular momentum; light; quantisation; quantum electrodynamics
dc.titleQuantisation of the free electromagnetic field implies quantisation of its angular momentum
dc.typeJournal article
local.bibliographicCitation.issue9
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage776
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage772
local.contributor.affiliationStewart, Andrew, College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, ANU
local.contributor.authoruidStewart, Andrew, u1831522
local.description.embargo2037-12-31
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.identifier.absfor010299 - Applied Mathematics not elsewhere classified
local.identifier.ariespublicationf2965xPUB2027
local.identifier.citationvolume58
local.identifier.doi10.1080/09500340.2011.571797
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-79957627270
local.identifier.thomsonID000290655500006
local.type.statusPublished Version

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