Weak measurements of a large spin angular splitting of light beam on reflection at the Brewster angle

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 16003-16009

  Zhou, Xinxing ^a   Luo, Hailu ^a   Wen, Shuangchun ^a  

^a HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL CONSTANTS; OPTICS;

BREWSTER ANGLE; LARGE SPIN; LIGHT BEAM; SPIN-ACCUMULATIONS; WEAK MEASUREMENTS;

MEASUREMENTS;

EID: 84863750075     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.016003     Document Type: Article

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