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

Authors

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