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Khrapko
Content of my article “Experiments for determination of angular
momentum flux density” (327340) is
“Now it is not clear, how an angular momentum is distributed over a
circularly polarized light beam. According to the standard
electrodynamics, it is exclusively near to the surface of the beam,
where Poynting vector has transverse components. But, according to
Feynman’s reason and to the quantum theory, the angular momentum fills
all body of the beam because of photons with their spins. Therefore it
is not clear, where the torque acts on a screen absorbing such a beam,
or on a half-wave plate, which changes the handedness of the circular
polarization. However in any case there is a problem. If the torque
acts near the boundary of the alight zone in accordance with Maxwell
stress tensor, it means that, though energy of photons is absorbed by
all area of the screen, their spin is absorbed in the other place, on
periphery. If the torque is allocated on all area of the screen,
there, where photons are absorbed, it means that Maxwell stress tensor
gives a wrong local description of the phenomenon.
We offer to interfere two beams, which pass through two half-wave
plates, one of which is divided into two parts concentrically. Each of
the parts of the plate can be rotated manually independently. Because
of such a rotation, the torque works on the plate, and the light
frequency changes. It results in a movement of interference fringes.
Observing of this movement makes it possible to determine, where the
torque is applied.” [1]
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Yours sincerely Sarah Ryder, Dr Tim Smith, Dr Elena Belsole, Rosie
Walton, Dr Chris Ingle. Institute of Physics"
[1] http://khrapkori.wmsite.ru/ftpgetfile.php?module=files&id=34
Radi Khrapko, http://khrapkori.wmsite.ru/