Transformation of the orbital angular momentum at the reflection and transmission of a light beam on a plane interface
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The transformation of the orbital angular momentum (OAM) at the reflection and transmission of a paraxial light beam on a plane interface of two isotropic transparent media is considered. The unitary formula for the intrinsic OAMs of the incident, reflected and transmitted beams is derived. The processes of the change of the intrinsic OAM at reflection and transmission, and the appearance of the extrinsic OAMs, which are generated by the respective shifts of the centres of gravity of secondary beams, are analysed on the basis of the conservation laws.
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The Berry phase and spin Hall effect allow immediate generalizations to the case of higher-order beams with vortices bearing intrinsic orbital angular momentum.
“Likewise the angular Doppler shift [72 -80] and the Imbert -Fedorov shift [124 -129], the Berry phase and spin Hall effect allow immediate generalizations to the case of higher-order beams with vortices bearing intrinsic orbital angular momentum [119,130 -135] (see also [84,90]).”
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- Authors
- Fedoseyev, V. G.
- Affiliations
- University of Tartu (EE)
- Corresponding author
- Fedoseyev, V G
- Venue
- Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical
- Publisher
- IOP Publishing
- Published
- 2008-11-10
- Volume
- 41
- Issue
- 50
- Pages
- 505202
- ISSN
- 1751-8113 (ISSN-L)
- 1751-8121
- OpenAlex
- W1978123662
- Cited by
- 50
- References
- 32
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- FWCI
- 2.13
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Journal of Physics A Mathematical and Theoretical (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Eesti Teadusfondi
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Quantum and Classical Electrodynamics
- Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials › Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications
- Keywords
- orbital angular momentum, light reflection, plane interface, paraxial beams, secondary beams, conservation laws, unitary transformation
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