Title of article :
Angular Momentum of a Rotating Dipole
Author/Authors :
Ahmad, Mohd Riduan Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka - Faculty of Electronic and Computer Engineering, Malaysia , Ahmad, Mohd Riduan Uppsala University - Department of Engineering Sciences, Sweden , Esa, Mona Riza Mohd Uppsala University - Department of Engineering Sciences, Sweden , Esa, Mona Riza Mohd Universiti Teknologi Malaysia - Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Malaysia
Abstract :
In this paper, we derive the far field electromagnetic fields of a rotating half-wave dipole antenna. Theoretically, we have demonstrated that the far electromagnetic fields of a rotating half-wave dipole carry angular momentum in the term of ϕ - ϕ′, which is absent from the stationary half-wave dipole antenna. The term sin(kr −ωt + [ϕ −ϕ ]) tells us that the electromagnetic wave propagates outward with the speed of light c (evidence from k = ω/c) from the dipole along the r axis and both electric and magnetic fields are spinning (oscillate with ω rad/s) and orbiting (rotating with ω0 rad/s) along the r axis with the speed of light. The orbital frequency is evidence from the term ϕ −ϕ =ω_0 t −ω_0 t =ω_0 r /c .
Keywords :
angular momentum , electric field , magnetic field , rotating dipole
Journal title :
Journal of Telecommunication Electronic and Computer Engineering
Journal title :
Journal of Telecommunication Electronic and Computer Engineering