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Re: [Phys-L] Orbital and spin angular momentum of light





-----Original Message----- From: LaMontagne, Bob
Sent: Monday, May 16, 2016 10:52 AM
To: PHYS-L
Subject: Re: [Phys-L] Orbital and spin angular momentum of light

This may be a dumb question, but if a "photon" is reflected or if its polarization is rotated, is it the same photon? Perhaps I don't follow what "twisted" means in this paper.

Bob
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The change of photon identity upon reflection is one of the points made in this earlier paper:

Am. J. Phys. 37, 1128 (1969); http://dx.doi.org/10.1119/1.1975229

Bob Sciamanda
Physics, Edinboro Univ of PA (Em)
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