Optical momentum and angular momentum in complex media: from the Abraham–Minkowski debate to unusual properties of surface plasmon-polaritons

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 approaches, as well as the kinetic (Poynting-like) and canonical (with separate spin and orbital degrees of freedom) pic...

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Published in:	New Journal of Physics
Main Authors:	Konstantin Y Bliokh, Aleksandr Y Bekshaev, Franco Nori
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	IOP Publishing 2017-01-01
Subjects:	optical momentum Abraham–Minkowski dilemma surface plasmon-polaritons spin and orbital angular momentum
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/aa8913