Backscattered polarization patterns, optical vortices, and the angular momentum of light
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We demonstrate that the polarization patterns observed in backscattering of linearly polarized light are a manifestation of the conservation of angular momentum of light. We will show that this phenomenon can be described in terms of phase vortices that are acquired by the right and left circularly polarized components. The helicity and orbital angular momentum of these components satisfy the requirement for conservation of angular momentum.
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The fundamental mechanisms underlying spin-dependent deformation of optical fields are geometric phases.
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Properly designing anisotropic and inhomogeneous structures allows considerable enhancement of SOI effects and highly efficient spin-dependent shaping and control of light.
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The off-diagonal geometric-phase elements of Eq. (5) offer helicity-dependent manipulation of light using the orientation of the anisotropy axis; anisotropic subwavelength gratings with space-variant orientation have been employed for geometric-phase-induced shaping of light.
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- Authors
- Schwartz, C., & Dogariu, A.
- Affiliations
- University of Central Florida (US)
- ORCID
- Dogariu, Aristide
- Venue
- Optics Letters
- Publisher
- Optica Publishing Group
- Published
- 2006-04-15
- Volume
- 31
- Issue
- 8
- Pages
- 1121
- ISSN
- 0146-9592 (ISSN-L)
- 1539-4794
- OpenAlex
- W2149438052
- Cited by
- 34
- References
- 12
- Citations by year
- 2024: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 8 · 2018: 1 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 3 · 2014: 2 · 2013: 3 · 2012: 1
- FWCI
- 0.65
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- Locations
- Optics Letters (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Journal of International Crisis and Risk Communication Research (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Optical Polarization and Ellipsometry
- Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials › Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications
- Keywords
- backscattering, polarization patterns, optical vortices, angular momentum of light, helicity, orbital angular momentum, angular momentum conservation, circular polarization, linearly polarized light
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