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How orbital angular momentum affects beam shifts in optical reflection

Authors :
J. P. Woerdman
Nathaniel Hermosa
Michele Merano
Andrea Aiello
Source :
Physical Review A
Publication Year :
2010

Abstract

It is well known that reflection of a Gaussian light beam ($\text{TEM}_{00}$) by a planar dielectric interface leads to four beam shifts when compared to the geometrical-optics prediction. These are the spatial Goos-H\"{a}nchen (GH) shift, the angular GH shift, the spatial Imbert-Fedorov (IF) shift and the angular IF shift. We report here, theoretically and experimentally, that endowing the beam with Orbital Angular Momentum (OAM) leads to coupling of these four shifts; this is described by a $4 \times 4$ mixing matrix.<br />Comment: v2 Version accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. A

Details

Language :
English
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Physical Review A
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....09e894f146b28d6a156c1765f4e2d0d4