The Third Polarization of Light

• 作者: Richard A. Hutchin
• 来源期刊: 光学与光子学期刊(英文)
• 学科: 医学
• 关键词: LOCAL THEORY of LIGHT THIRD POLARIZATION VECTOR Potential
• 年，卷（期）: 2015,（2）
• 页码范围: 29-32
• 页数: 4页
• 分类号: R73

摘要

We are all taught that there are only two polarizations of light because Maxwell’s equations only support two polarizations. This is mathematically true for the electromagnetic fields, but we have learned since the days of Maxwell that the “real” electromagnetic field is not the electromagnetic field tensor Fμv (composed of Electric and Magnetic field terms) but rather the electromagnetic vector potential Aμ. When considered carefully, this requires a third polarization of light with very unusual properties. This third polarization of light does not generate electric or magnetic fields but should be detectable by its impact on supercurrents or quantum interference. It is also unavoidable since it automatically appears under Lorentz transformations to different moving frames.