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Angular momentum of light revisited: Spin-orbit interactions in free space

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Authors

Bliokh, Konstantin

Alonso, Miguel A

Ostrovskaya, Elena

Publisher

SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Abstract

We give an exact self-consistent operator description of the spin and orbital angular momenta, position, and spin-orbit interactions of nonparaxial light in free space. We apply the general theory to symmetric and asymmetric Bessel beams exhibiting spin-

Keywords

Keywords: Angular momentum of light; Berry phasis; Bessel beam; Exact wave solutions; Free space; General theory; Intensity profiles; Nonparaxial; Operator description; Optical angular momentum; Orbital angular momentum; spin Hall effect of light; Spin orbit intera angular momentum conversion; nonparaxial light; Optical angular momentum; polarization; spin Hall effect of light; spin-orbit interaction

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/35657

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ANU Research Publications

Source

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Type

Conference paper

Access Statement

Open Access

DOI

10.1117/12.873818

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