Published August 14, 2006
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Journal article
Polychromatic and rotating beams of light
Creators
- 1. Huygens Laboratorium, Universiteit Leiden, Postbus 9504, 2300 RA Leiden (Netherlands)
Description
Beams of light with rotating polarization or mode patterns can be viewed as superpositions of components with a well-defined angular momentum ℎm per photon, each having a frequency shift m times the rotation frequency. Such beams can also be created after passing a monochromatic beam through rotating optical elements. We discuss the properties of the angular momentum of such beams, both for a rotating polarization and a rotating amplitude pattern. We also consider beams where the polarization is not uniform
Availability note (English)
Available online at http://stacks.iop.org/0953-4075/39/S529/b6_15_s02.pdf or at the Web site for the Journal of Physics. B, Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics (ISSN 1361-6455) http://www.iop.org/Additional details
Identifiers
- URL
- http://stacks.iop.org/0953-4075/39/S529/b6_15_s02.pdf; http://www.iop.org/;
- DOI
- 10.1088/0953-4075/39/15/S02;
- PII
- S0953-4075(06)19293-7;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Journal of Physics. B, Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics
- Journal Volume
- 39
- Journal Issue
- 15
- Journal Page Range
- p. S529-S544
- ISSN
- 0953-4075
- CODEN
- JPAPEH
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 38014641
- Subject category
- S74: ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- AMPLITUDES; ANGULAR MOMENTUM; MONOCHROMATIC RADIATION; PHOTONS; POLARIZATION; ROTATION; VISIBLE RADIATION
- Descriptors DEC
- BOSONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; MASSLESS PARTICLES; MOTION; RADIATIONS