The Enigma of Optical Momentum

Stephen M. Barnett

doi:10.1364/FIO.2010.FTuZ1

Frontiers in Optics 2010/Laser Science XXVI
OSA Technical Digest (CD) (Optica Publishing Group, 2010),
paper FTuZ1
•https://doi.org/10.1364/FIO.2010.FTuZ1

The Enigma of Optical Momentum

Stephen M. Barnett

Frontiers in Optics 2010

Rochester, New York United States
24–28 October 2010
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Abstract

There are eminently reasonable arguments that the momentum of a photon in a medium as greater than or less than its value in free space, but which is correct? Both, of course!

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