Zitterbewegung of a photon

@article{citeulike:668362, abstract = {A single photon, satisfying a relativistic Schrodinger-like equation, has a velocity operator that undergoes oscillations in a direction orthogonal to its momentum. This Zitterbewegung has a spatial amplitude equal to the classical wavelength. The spin of the photon is the orbital angular momentum due to the Zitterbewegung.}, author = {Kobe, Donald H. }, citeulike-article-id = {668362}, comment = {Velocity operator in Heisenberg formalism (operators instead of states changing in time) has longitudinal and transverse component. The transversal time-dependent movement of photon gives orbital angular momentum that accounts for its spin... Is this a quasi-classical interpretation?}, doi = {10.1016/S0375-9601(99)00011-0}, journal = {Physics Letters A}, keywords = {photon, quantum}, month = {March}, number = {1-2}, pages = {7--11}, posted-at = {2006-05-24 14:45:10}, priority = {0}, title = {Zitterbewegung of a photon}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0375-9601(99)00011-0}, volume = {253}, year = {1999} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:668362 L3 - citeulike-article-id:668362 TI - Zitterbewegung of a photon JF - Physics Letters A VL - 253 IS - 1-2 SP - 7 EP - 11 N2 - A single photon, satisfying a relativistic Schrodinger-like equation, has a velocity operator that undergoes oscillations in a direction orthogonal to its momentum. This Zitterbewegung has a spatial amplitude equal to the classical wavelength. The spin of the photon is the orbital angular momentum due to the Zitterbewegung. KW - photon KW - quantum N1 - Velocity operator in Heisenberg formalism (operators instead of states changing in time) has longitudinal and transverse component. The transversal time-dependent movement of photon gives orbital angular momentum that accounts for its spin... Is this a quasi-classical interpretation? AU - Kobe, Donald PY - 1999/03/15/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0375-9601(99)00011-0 ER -