A Study of the Problems Involved in Measuring the Angular Momentum of Microwave Radiation

Author

Otis Kenley Wolfe Jr., University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Date of Award

3-1962

Degree Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy

Major

Physics

Major Professor

W. E. Deeds

Committee Members

C. J. Craven, Arthur H. Neilson, J. W. White, G. W. Hoffman, D. D. Wilson

Abstract

Angular momentum will be defined below for material bodies and in Chapter II for electromagnetic radiation. The transfer of angular momentum from either of these to the other can conceivably be detected and measured. In this chapter there is a general discussion of the problem. Details in history and theory along with the definition of angular momentum for electromagnetic radiation will be presented in the next two chapters.

Recommended Citation

Wolfe, Otis Kenley Jr., "A Study of the Problems Involved in Measuring the Angular Momentum of Microwave Radiation. " PhD diss., University of Tennessee, 1962.
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