Quantum field theory for spin operator of the photon
- URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2004.03771v6
- Date: Tue, 17 May 2022 05:33:15 GMT
- Title: Quantum field theory for spin operator of the photon
- Authors: Li-Ping Yang, Farhad. Khosravi, and Zubin Jacob
- Abstract summary: We discover the quantum operators for the spin angular momentum (SAM) $boldsymbolS_M= (1/c)int d3xboldsymbolpitimesboldsymbolA$ and orbital angular momentum (OAM) $boldsymbolL_M=- (1/c)int d3xpimuboldsymbolxtimesboldsymbolnablaA_mu$ of the photon.
We derive the well-known OAM and SAM of classical electromagnetic
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- Abstract: All elementary particles in nature can be classified as fermions with
half-integer spin and bosons with integer spin. Within quantum electrodynamics
(QED), even though the spin of the Dirac particle is well defined, there exist
open questions on the quantized description of spin of the gauge field particle
-- the photon. Using quantum field theory, we discover the quantum operators
for the spin angular momentum (SAM) $\boldsymbol{S}_{M}=(1/c)\int
d^{3}x\boldsymbol{\pi}\times\boldsymbol{A}$ and orbital angular momentum (OAM)
$\boldsymbol{L}_{M}=-(1/c)\int
d^{3}x\pi^{\mu}\boldsymbol{x}\times\boldsymbol{\nabla}A_{\mu}$ of the photon,
where $\pi^{\mu}$ is the conjugate canonical momentum of the gauge field
$A^{\mu}$. We also reveal a perfect symmetry between the angular momentum
commutation relations for Dirac fields and Maxwell fields. We derive the
well-known OAM and SAM of classical electromagnetic fields from the above
defined quantum operators. Our work shows that the spin and OAM operators
commute which is important for simultaneously observing and separating the SAM
and OAM. The correct commutation relations of orbital and spin angular momentum
of the photon have applications in quantum optics, topological photonics as
well as nanophotonics and can be extended in the future for the spin structure
of nucleons.
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