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Konstantin Y Bliokh1, Elena A Ostrovskaya, Miguel A Alonso, Oscar G Rodríguez-Herrera, David Lara, Chris Dainty.
Abstract
We present a general theory of spin-to-orbital angular momentum (AM) conversion of light in focusing, scattering, and imaging optical systems. Our theory employs universal geometric transformations of non-paraxial optical fields in such systems and allows for direct calculation and comparison of the AM conversion efficiency in different physical settings. Observations of the AM conversions using local intensity distributions and far-field polarimetric measurements are discussed.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID: 22274201 DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.026132
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Opt Express ISSN: 1094-4087 Impact factor: 3.894