Duality between spatial and angular shift in optical reflection
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We report a unified representation of the spatial and angular Goos-H\"anchen and Imbert-Fedorov shifts that occur when a light beam reflects from a plane interface. We thus reveal the dual nature of spatial and angular shifts in optical beam reflection. In the Goos-H\"anchen case we show theoretically and experimentally that this unification naturally arises in the context of reflection from a lossy surface (e.g., a metal).
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A similar interaction between the IOAM and EOAM occurs for vortex beams in inhomogeneous media, causing l-dependent transverse shifts at medium inhomogeneities (orbital-Hall effect).
“A quite similar interaction between the IOAM and EOAM (vortex and trajectory) occurs for vortex beams in inhomogeneous media 18,64,90- 95 . In this case, beams experience -dependent transverse shifts at the medium inhomogeneities.”
From Spin–orbit interactions of light (2015) · cites this paper as [93]
Section II describes spatial and angular shifts when a beam reflects at an interface between homogeneous media; Section VI discusses Goos–Hänchen and Imbert–Fedorov shifts at a lossy surface. Searches for vortex beams, orbital angular momentum, and the orbital-Hall effect found no passage addressing IOAM–EOAM interaction or ℓ-dependent transverse shifts at medium inhomogeneities. (LLM, conf=0.76)
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- Authors
- Aiello, A., Merano, M., & Woerdman, J. P.
- Affiliations
- Leiden University (NL)
- ORCID
- Venue
- Physical Review A
- Publisher
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Published
- 2009-12-07
- Volume
- 80
- Issue
- 6
- ISSN
- 0556-2791 (ISSN-L)
- 1050-2947
- 1094-1622
- OpenAlex
- W2057749350
- Cited by
- 124
- References
- 26
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- FWCI
- 3.72
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Physical Review A (publishedVersion)
- arXiv (Cornell University) (submittedVersion)
- Leiden Repository (Leiden University) (submittedVersion)
- Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (submittedVersion)
- MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society) (submittedVersion)
- Padua Research Archive (University of Padova) (submittedVersion)
- Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- arXiv (Cornell University)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Near-Field Optical Microscopy
- Keywords
- Goos-Hänchen shift, Imbert-Fedorov shift, light reflection, beam shift, spatial change, angular shift, plane interface, unified representation
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