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Computer Optics, 2018 Volume 42, Issue 4, Pages 588–605 (Mi co541)

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Calculation of the angular momentum of an electromagnetic field inside a waveguide with absolutely conducting walls: ab initio

S. I. Kharitonovab, S. G. Volotovskyab, S. N. Khoninaba

a IPSI RAS – Branch of the FSRC “Crystallography and Photonics” RAS, Molodogvardeyskaya 151, 443001, Samara, Russia
b Samara National Research University, 34, Moskovskoye shosse, Samara, 443086, Samara, Russia

Abstract: In this paper, explicit expressions for the momentum and angular momentum from the Noether's theorem (ab initio) are obtained. These expressions contain squared modules of the coefficients of a guided mode expansion, weighted by the phase singularity orders present. The expressions obtained are useful for quantizing the electromagnetic field in a waveguide.

Keywords: angular momentum, Noether’s theorem, Lagrange-Euler equation, Umov-Poynting vector, modes of a cylindrical metal waveguide.

Received: 06.07.2018

DOI: 10.18287/2412-6179-2018-42-4-588-605



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