Orbital angular momentum of optical, acoustic, and quantum-mechanical spatiotemporal vortex pulses
Konstantin Y. Bliokh
Abstract
The author addresses a recent controversy about the orbital angular momentum of spatiotemporal vortex pulses by calculating the probability centroids of the pulses and corresponding extrinsic and intrinsic parts of the angular momentum. Electromagnetic, acoustic, and quantum-relativistic spatiotemporal pulses are analyzed.
Topics & Concepts
Angular momentumPhysicsVortexAzimuthal quantum numberTotal angular momentum quantum numberOptical vortexQuantumAngular momentum couplingMomentum (technical analysis)Quantum electrodynamicsClassical mechanicsQuantum mechanicsMechanicsFinanceEconomicsOrbital Angular Momentum in OpticsLaser-Plasma Interactions and DiagnosticsQuantum and Classical Electrodynamics