TY - CHAP AU - Serna Galán, Julio PY - 2004 DO - 10.1142/9789812702531_0020 SN - 981-238-950-4 UR - https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/53240 AB - Light beams carry energy and linear momentum, but they also transport angular momentum. In order to obtain an expression for the angular momentum carried by light we will use paraxial approximation within classical electromagnetic theory. It is found... M2 - 207 PB - World Scientific Publ Co Pte Ltd KW - Partially Coherent Beams KW - Light KW - Transformation KW - Particles TI - Angular momentum in optical beams. TY - book part ER -