Optical orbital angular momentum

被引:94
作者
Barnett, Stephen M. [1 ]
Babiker, Mohamed [2 ]
Padgett, Miles J. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Glasgow, Sch Phys & Astron, Glasgow G12 8QQ, Lanark, Scotland
[2] Univ York, Dept Phys, York YO10 5DD, N Yorkshire, England
来源
PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES | 2017年 / 375卷 / 2087期
关键词
optics; orbital angular momentum; spin; POYNTING VECTOR; LIGHT; SPIN; BEAM; TRANSFORMATION;
D O I
10.1098/rsta.2015.0444
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
We present a brief introduction to the orbital angular momentum of light, the subject of our theme issue and, in particular, to the developments in the 13 years following the founding paper by Allen et al. (Allen et al. 1992 Phys. Rev. A 45, 8185 (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.45.8185)). The papers by our invited authors serve to bring the field up to date and suggest where developments may take us next. This article is part of the themed issue 'Optical orbital angular momentum'.
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