Published June 2011 | Version v1
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Spin and orbital angular momentum propagation in anisotropic media: theory

Creators

  • 1. JILA and Department of Physics, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309-0440 (United States)
  • 2. Grup d'Òptica, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, E-08193 Bellaterra (Barcelona) (Spain)
  • 3. Departamento de Matemáticas, ETSI Caminos, Canales y Puertos, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, E-13071 Ciudad Real (Spain)

Description

This paper is devoted to a study of the propagation of light beams carrying orbital angular momentum in optically anisotropic media. We first review some properties of homogeneous anisotropic media, and describe how the paraxial formalism is modified in order to proceed with a new approach dealing with the general setting of paraxial propagation along uniaxial inhomogeneous media. This approach is suitable for describing space-variant optical-axis phase plates

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/2040-8978/13/6/064019

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1088/2040-8978/13/6/064019;
PII
S2040-8978(11)70558-4;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Optics (Online)
Journal Volume
13
Journal Issue
6
Journal Page Range
[7 p.]
ISSN
2040-8986

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
45019710
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
ANISOTROPY; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; ORBITAL ANGULAR MOMENTUM; PARTICLE BEAMS; PHOTON BEAMS; REVIEWS; SPIN; VISIBLE RADIATION
Descriptors DEC
ANGULAR MOMENTUM; BEAMS; DOCUMENT TYPES; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; PARTICLE PROPERTIES; RADIATIONS