The Role of Angular Momentum in the Construction of Electromagnetic Multipolar Fields
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Tischler, Nora
Zambrana-Puyalto, Xavier
Molina-Terriza, Gabriel
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Year published
2012
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Multipolar solutions of Maxwell's equations are used in many practical applications and are essential for the understanding of light–matter interactions at the fundamental level. Unlike the set of plane wave solutions of electromagnetic fields, the multipolar solutions do not share a standard derivation or notation. As a result, expressions originating from different derivations can be difficult to compare. Some of the derivations of the multipolar solutions do not explicitly show their relation to the angular momentum operators, thus hiding important properties of these solutions. In this paper, the relation between two of ...
View more >Multipolar solutions of Maxwell's equations are used in many practical applications and are essential for the understanding of light–matter interactions at the fundamental level. Unlike the set of plane wave solutions of electromagnetic fields, the multipolar solutions do not share a standard derivation or notation. As a result, expressions originating from different derivations can be difficult to compare. Some of the derivations of the multipolar solutions do not explicitly show their relation to the angular momentum operators, thus hiding important properties of these solutions. In this paper, the relation between two of the most common derivations of this set of solutions is explicitly shown and their relation to the angular momentum operators is exposed.
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View more >Multipolar solutions of Maxwell's equations are used in many practical applications and are essential for the understanding of light–matter interactions at the fundamental level. Unlike the set of plane wave solutions of electromagnetic fields, the multipolar solutions do not share a standard derivation or notation. As a result, expressions originating from different derivations can be difficult to compare. Some of the derivations of the multipolar solutions do not explicitly show their relation to the angular momentum operators, thus hiding important properties of these solutions. In this paper, the relation between two of the most common derivations of this set of solutions is explicitly shown and their relation to the angular momentum operators is exposed.
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Journal Title
European Journal of Physics
Volume
33
Issue
5
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Classical physics
Condensed matter physics
Classical and physical optics