Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 56, Issue 13, 132601(2019)

Influence of Optical Activity on Optical Momentum and Angular Momentum in Bi12SiO20 Crystals

Shuting Chen, Haoxu Guo, Xiaodong Qiu, and Lixiang Chen*
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  • College of Physical Science and Technology, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian 361005, China
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    Beginning from Maxwell's equations and by considering the second-order nonlinear polarization related to the optical activity as the perturbation of linear polarization, we investigate the propagation behavior of the paraxial Gaussian light which acts as incident light in the optically active medium Bi12SiO20 and utilize the Minkowski and Abraham momenta to obtain the expressions of optical momentum and angular momentum in Bi12SiO20 crystals. Further, we obtain that the ratio of Minkowski momentum to Abraham momentum is not equal to the square of the refractive index of the crystal because of the existence of optical activity. In the Minkowski picture, because of the coupling of the angular momentum between the light and the crystal, the angular momentum of the light field is not conserved, whereas the total angular momentum of the light and crystal is conserved.

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    Shuting Chen, Haoxu Guo, Xiaodong Qiu, Lixiang Chen. Influence of Optical Activity on Optical Momentum and Angular Momentum in Bi12SiO20 Crystals[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2019, 56(13): 132601

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    Paper Information

    Category: Physical Optics

    Received: Dec. 14, 2018

    Accepted: Jan. 29, 2019

    Published Online: Jul. 11, 2019

    The Author Email: Chen Lixiang (chenlx@xmu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/LOP56.132601

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