Direct observation of the transfer of orbital angular momentum to metal particles from a focused circularly polarized Gaussian beam

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 25, 2009, Pages 23316-23322

  Zhao, Yiqiong ^a   Shapiro, David ^a   McGloin, David ^b   Chiu, Daniel T ^c   Marchesini, Stefano ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; CIRCULAR POLARIZATION; MOMENTUM; ORBITAL TRANSFER; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

BEAM AXIS; CIRCULARLY POLARIZED; DIRECT OBSERVATIONS; METAL PARTICLE; ORBITAL ANGULAR MOMENTUM; ORBITAL MOTIONS; SPIN ANGULAR MOMENTUM; TRAPPED PARTICLE;

GAUSSIAN BEAMS;

METAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENERGY TRANSFER; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; RADIATION SCATTERING; REFRACTOMETRY;

ENERGY TRANSFER; LIGHT; METALS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; REFRACTOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 72049131337     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.023316     Document Type: Article

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