Harmonic superposition of polarized light: energy-momentum via geometric algebra

Authors

Christian Laurio ⋅ PH Department of Physics, Ateneo de Manila University
Quirino Sugon ⋅ PH Department of Physics, Ateneo de Manila University
Daniel McNamara ⋅ PH Physics Department, Ateneo de Manila University

Abstract

We used Clifford geometric algebra Cl_3,0 to compute for the energy-momentum density of an electromagnetic field that is a harmonic superposition of left- and right-circularly polarized waves generated from a fundamental frequency ω using the electromagnetic field cliffor Ê. We calculated the time-averaged energy-momentum density and obtained expressions involving only the magnitudes of the complex amplitudes of the wave functions.

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Issue

2012: Proceedings of the 30th Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas Physics Congress

Article ID

SPP2012-2C-2

Section

Theoretical Physics

Published

2012-10-22

How to Cite

[1]

C Laurio, Q Sugon, and D McNamara, Harmonic superposition of polarized light: energy-momentum via geometric algebra, Proceedings of the Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas 30, SPP2012-2C-2 (2012). URL: https://proceedings.spp-online.org/article/view/SPP2012-2C-2.