Electrically and magnetically controlled optical spanner based on the transfer of spin angular momentum of light in an optically active medium

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Chen, Lixiang ^a   Zheng, Guoliang ^a   She, Weilong ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; SPIN POLARIZATION; TORQUE;

OPTICAL SPANNER; RAPID COMMUNICATION; SPIN ANGULAR MOMENTUM;

LASER OPTICS;

EID: 34347339459     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.75.061403     Document Type: Article

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