Laser-induced radial birefringence and spin-to-orbital optical angular momentum conversion in silver-doped glasses

• Published in: Applied physics letters Vol. 99; no. 1; pp. 011113 - 011113-3
• Main Authors: Amjad, Jafar Mostafavi, Khalesifard, Hamid Reza, Slussarenko, Sergei, Karimi, Ebrahim, Marrucci, Lorenzo, Santamato, Enrico
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Institute of Physics 04.07.2011
• Subjects: ANISOTROPY; BIREFRINGENCE; CONVERSION; DOPED MATERIALS; GLASS; ION EXCHANGE; LASER RADIATION; MATERIALS SCIENCE; NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOSTRUCTURES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; ORBITAL ANGULAR MOMENTUM; PARTICLES; SILVER; SILVER IONS; SODIUM IONS; SPIN; STRESSES; VISIBLE RADIATION

Samples of Ag + /Na + ion-exchanged glass that have been subject to intense laser irradiation may develop novel optical properties, as a consequence of the formation of patterns of silver nanoparticles and other structures. Here, we report the observation of a laser-induced permanent transverse bire...