Observation of the Spin Hall Effect of Light via Weak Measurements
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We have detected a spin-dependent displacement perpendicular to the refractive index gradient for photons passing through an air-glass interface. The effect is the photonic version of the spin Hall effect in electronic systems, indicating the universality of the effect for particles of different nature. Treating the effect as a weak measurement of the spin projection of the photons, we used a preselection and postselection technique on the spin state to enhance the original displacement by nearly four orders of magnitude, attaining sensitivity to displacements of ∼1 angstrom. The spin Hall effect can be used for manipulating photonic angular momentum states, and the measurement technique holds promise for precision metrology.
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A circularly polarized laser beam reflected or refracted at a dielectric interface experiences a tiny transverse spin-dependent shift out of the plane of incidence.
“(i) A circularly polarized laser beam reflected or refracted at a dielectric interface does not propagate in the original plane but experiences a tiny transverse spin-dependent shift out of this plane.”
From Spin–orbit interactions of light (2015) · cites this paper as [16]
Only recently, correct theoretical calculations and definitive measurements have elucidated the Imbert-Fedorov shift's nature as a SOI effect.
“Only recently, correct theoretical calculations 15,72 and definitive measurements 16 have elucidated its nature as a SOI effect.”
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A number of experiments observed spin-orbit coupling and polarization transport of light in complex speckle fields of multimode optical fibers.
“There had been a number of remarkable experiment [120 -123] which observed the spin-orbit coupling and polarization transport of light in complex speckle fields of multimode optical fibers (see also [24]),”
From Geometrodynamics of polarized light: Berry phase and spin Hall effect in a gradient-index medium (2009) · cites this paper as [122]
A number of effects related to the spin-orbit coupling of light take place in multimode optical fibers.
“A number of effects related to the spin-orbit coupling of light take place in multimode optical fibers [24,120 -123,141 -144].”
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- Authors
- Hosten, O., & Kwiat, P.
- Affiliations
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (US)
- Corresponding author
- Hosten, Onur
- Venue
- Science
- Published
- 2008-02-08
- Volume
- 319
- Issue
- 5864
- Pages
- 787-790
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- 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
- 1095-9203
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- 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 Mechanics and Applications
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Quantum and Classical Electrodynamics
- Keywords
- spin Hall effect of light, weak measurement, photon spin, air-glass interface, refractive index gradient, precision metrology
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