Angular momentum of rotating beams

Gerard Nienhuis

doi:10.1117/12.643845

9 February 2006 Angular momentum of rotating beams

Gerard Nienhuis

Proceedings Volume 6131, Nanomanipulation with Light II; 613108 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.643845
Event: Integrated Optoelectronic Devices 2006, 2006, San Jose, California, United States

Abstract

Light beams rotating about their axis can be created using rotating optical elements. We analyze the properties of rotating beams by expanding the mode function in eigenfunctions of angular momentum. Both the spin angular momentum, arising from the polarization, and orbital angular momentum, arising from the circulating phase gradient, are considered.

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Gerard Nienhuis "Angular momentum of rotating beams", Proc. SPIE 6131, Nanomanipulation with Light II, 613108 (9 February 2006); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.643845

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