The angular momentum of light inside a dielectric Export

@article{citeulike:4008071, abstract = {We consider whether or not a short pulse of light carrying angular momentum will exert a torque when propagating through a transparent disc. The approach is based on the “Einstein-box” argument which we apply to discuss linear optical momentum in a medium. Two competing theories due to Minkowski and Abraham, at least superficially, suggest that the disc will not or will rotate. Our analysis suggests that the disc will rotate and that an experiment using optical tweezers should be able to detect the rotation.}, author = {Padgett, Miles and Barnett, Stephen M. and Loudon, Rodney}, citeulike-article-id = {4008071}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09500340308235229}, doi = {10.1080/09500340308235229}, journal = {Journal of Modern Optics}, keywords = {angular, dielectric, momentum, optics, physics, pulse}, number = {10}, pages = {1555--1562}, posted-at = {2009-11-10 13:19:30}, priority = {2}, publisher = {Taylor \& Francis}, title = {The angular momentum of light inside a dielectric}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09500340308235229}, volume = {50}, year = {2003} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:4008071 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4008071 N2 - We consider whether or not a short pulse of light carrying angular momentum will exert a torque when propagating through a transparent disc. The approach is based on the “Einstein-box” argument which we apply to discuss linear optical momentum in a medium. Two competing theories due to Minkowski and Abraham, at least superficially, suggest that the disc will not or will rotate. Our analysis suggests that the disc will rotate and that an experiment using optical tweezers should be able to detect the rotation. IS - 10 JF - Journal of Modern Optics EP - 1562 TI - The angular momentum of light inside a dielectric PB - Taylor & Francis VL - 50 SP - 1555 KW - angular KW - dielectric KW - momentum KW - optics KW - physics KW - pulse AU - Padgett, Miles AU - Barnett, Stephen AU - Loudon, Rodney PY - 2003/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09500340308235229 ER -