Orbital angular momentum of inhomogeneous electromagnetic field produced by polarized optical beams

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5514, Issue , 2004, Pages 652-662

  Mokhun, I ^a   Mokhun, A ^a   Viktorovskaya, Ju ^a   Cojoc, D ^b,c   Angelsky, O ^a   Di Fabrizio, E ^c  

^a CHERNIVTSI NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Ukraine)

^b UNIVERSITY POLITEHNICA OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^c LABORATORIO TASC   (Italy)

Author keywords

Angular momentum; C point; Orbital angular momentum; Polarization; Polarization singularities; S contour; Spin angular momentum; Vortex

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; TOPOLOGY; VECTORS; VORTEX FLOW;

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; C-POINT; ORBITAL ANGULAR MOMENTUM; POLARIZATION SINGULARITIES; S-CONTOURS; SPIN ANGULAR MOMENTUM; VORTEX;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS;

EID: 13244266967     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.559628     Document Type: Conference Paper

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