Published August 2010
| Version v1
Journal article
How orbital angular momentum affects beam shifts in optical reflection
- 1. Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Guenter-Scharowsky-Strasse 1/Bau 24, D-91058 Erlangen (Germany)
- 2. Huygens Laboratory, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9504, NL-2300 RA Leiden (Netherlands)
Description
It is well known that reflection of a Gaussian light beam (TEM00) by a planar dielectric interface leads to four beam shifts when compared to the geometrical-optics prediction. These are the spatial Goos-Haenchen (GH) shift, the angular GH shift, the spatial Imbert-Fedorov (IF) shift, and the angular IF shift. We report here, theoretically and experimentally, that endowing the beam with orbital angular momentum leads to coupling of these four shifts; this is described by a 4x4 mixing matrix.
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1103/PhysRevA.82.023817;
- arXiv
- arXiv:1003.0885v2;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physical Review. A
- Journal Volume
- 82
- Journal Issue
- 2
- Journal Page Range
- p. 023817-023817.5
- ISSN
- 1050-2947
- CODEN
- PLRAAN
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 42049250
- Subject category
- S36: MATERIALS SCIENCE;
- Descriptors DEI
- COUPLING; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; INTERFACES; MATRICES; MIXING; OPTICAL REFLECTION; OPTICS; ORBITAL ANGULAR MOMENTUM; PHOTON BEAMS; VISIBLE RADIATION
- Descriptors DEC
- ANGULAR MOMENTUM; BEAMS; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; MATERIALS; RADIATIONS; REFLECTION
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- Notes
- (c) 2010 The American Physical Society