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 Cl3,0 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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2012-10-22

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

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Theoretical Physics

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[1]
“Harmonic superposition of polarized light: energy-momentum via geometric algebra”, Proc. SPP, vol. 30, no. 1, pp. SPP2012–2C, Oct. 2012, Accessed: Apr. 16, 2026. [Online]. Available: https://proceedings.spp-online.org/article/view/SPP2012-2C-2