Published March 2010
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Journal article
Spatiotemporal polarization gradients in phase-bearing light
Creators
- 1. New York College of Athens, 38 Amalias Avenue, GR-105 58, Athens (Greece)
- 2. Department of Physics, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD (United Kingdom)
Description
It is shown how the interference of two circularly polarized laser beams endowed with orbital angular momentum can give rise to spatial and temporal polarization gradients, displaying axial as well as angular symmetry properties. Illustrations are given with reference to circularly polarized Laguerre-Gaussian beams as typical light beams carrying orbital angular momentum.
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Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physical Review. A
- Journal Volume
- 81
- Journal Issue
- 3
- Journal Page Range
- p. 033811-033811.4
- ISSN
- 1050-2947
- CODEN
- PLRAAN
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 42001656
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; S74: ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- BEAMS; INTERFERENCE; LASERS; ORBITAL ANGULAR MOMENTUM; POLARIZATION; SYMMETRY; VISIBLE RADIATION
- Descriptors DEC
- ANGULAR MOMENTUM; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; RADIATIONS
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- Notes
- (c) 2010 The American Physical Society