Interaction of Laguerre-Gaussian light with liquid crystals

被引：1

作者：

Romero, LCD ^{[1
]}

Carter, AR ^{[1
]}

Babiker, M ^{[1
]}

Andrews, DL ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ St Andrews, Sch Phys & Astron, St Andrews KY16 9SS, Fife, Scotland

来源：

NANOMANIPULATION WITH LIGHT | 2005年 / 5736卷

关键词：

optical vortices; twisted beams; optical spanners; Laguerre-Gaussian; photon angular momentum; chiral optics; liquid crystal; nanomanipulation;

D O I：

10.1117/12.585295

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

We examine novel features that might emerge from the interaction of Laguerre-Gaussian beams with liquid crystals. We study the response of nematic liquid crystal media to the throughput of twisted laser light. Specific attention is focused on the spatial evolution of the director orientation angle.

引用

页码：150 / 157

页数：8

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