Optical orbital angular momentum

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 in...

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Published inPhilosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series A: Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences Vol. 375; no. 2087; p. 20150444
Main Authors Barnett, Stephen M., Babiker, Mohamed, Padgett, Miles J.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England The Royal Society Publishing 28.02.2017
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Angular momentum
Introduction
Optics
Orbital Angular Momentum
Spin
optics
spin
orbital angular momentum
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Summary: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’.
Bibliography:Theme issue “Optical orbital angular momentum” compiled and edited by Stephen M. Barnett, Mohamed Babiker and Miles J. Padgett
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One contribution of 14 to a theme issue ‘Optical orbital angular momentum’.
ISSN:1364-503X
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DOI:10.1098/rsta.2015.0444