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.

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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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