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Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics

Spin To Orbit Conversion Based On Intensity Gradient

Shuang‐Yin Huang, Zhou-Xiang Wang, Jiaqi Lv, Guan-Lin Zhang, Min Wang, Qian-Qian Tian, Chenghou Tu, Yongnan Li, Hui‐Tian Wang

Published Jan 1, 2021• 0 citations
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Abstract

We theoretically analyze and verified the optical angular momentum (AM) arising from the gradient of the intensity and also depending on spin through optical trapping experiments and it may also be called spin to orbit conversion.
DOI
10.1364/cleo_si.2021.sm4i.6

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