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Spin and momentum of the light fields in inhomogeneous dispersive media with application to surface plasmon-polariton waves
Aleksandr Y. Bekshaev, Konstantin Y. Bliokh
Following to the recently published approach [Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 073901 (2017); New J. Phys., 123014 (2017)], we refine and accomplish the general scheme for the unified descrip…
Lorentz-boosted evanescent waves
Konstantin Y. Bliokh
Polarization, spin, and helicity are important properties of electromagnetic waves. It is commonly believed that helicity is invariant under the Lorentz transformations. This is in…
Optical Momentum, Spin, and Angular Momentum in Dispersive Media
Konstantin Y. Bliokh, Aleksandr Y. Bekshaev, Franco Nori
We examine the momentum, spin, and orbital angular momentum of structured monochromatic optical fields in dispersive inhomogeneous isotropic media. There are two bifurcations in th…
Optical momentum and angular momentum in complex media: From the Abraham-Minkowski debate to unusual properties of surface plasmon-polaritons
Konstantin Y. Bliokh, Aleksandr Y. Bekshaev, Franco Nori
We examine the momentum and angular-momentum (AM) properties of monochromatic optical fields in dispersive and inhomogeneous isotropic media, using the Abraham- and Minkowski-type…
Position, spin and orbital angular momentum of a relativistic electron
Konstantin Y. Bliokh, Mark R. Dennis, Franco Nori
Motivated by recent interest in relativistic electron vortex states, we revisit the spin and orbital angular momentum properties of Dirac electrons. These are uniquely determined b…
Theory and applications of free-electron vortex states
K. Y. Bliokh, I. P. Ivanov, G. Guzzinati +8
Both classical and quantum waves can form vortices: with helical phase fronts and azimuthal current densities. These features determine the intrinsic orbital angular momentum carri…