Geometric phase for twisted light

被引:2
作者
Yang, Li -Ping [1 ]
机构
[1] Northeast Normal Univ, Ctr Quantum Sci, Sch Phys, Changchun 130024, Peoples R China
基金
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词
ORBITAL ANGULAR-MOMENTUM; BERRY TOPOLOGICAL PHASE; OPTICAL-FIBERS; POLARIZATION; ROTATION;
D O I
10.1364/OE.476989
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
Polarization vectors of light traveling in a coiled optical fiber rotate around its propagating axis even in the absence of birefringence. This rotation was usually explained due to the Pancharatnam-Berry phase of spin-1 photons. Here, we use a purely geometric method to understand this rotation. We show that similar geometric rotations also exist for twisted light carrying orbital angular momentum (OAM). The corresponding geometric phase can be applied in photonic OAM-state-based quantum computation and quantum sensing.(c) 2023 Optica Publishing Group under the terms of the Optica Open Access Publishing Agreement
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页码:10287 / 10296
页数:10
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