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Orbital angular momentum of light and the transformation of Laguerre-Gaussian laser modes

1992/06/01 by L. Allen, M. W. Beijersbergen, Marco W. Beijersbergen +2 · 316 citations
Physics and Astronomy · Engineering · #Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics #Experimental and Theoretical Physics Studies #Sports Dynamics and Biomechanics

paper · doi:10.1103/physreva.45.8185

Abstract

Laser light with a Laguerre-Gaussian amplitude distribution is found to have a well-defined orbital angular momentum. An astigmatic optical system may be used to transform a high-order Laguerre-Gaussian mode into a high-order Hermite-Gaussian mode reversibly. An experiment is proposed to measure the mechanical torque induced by the transfer of orbital angular momentum associated with such a transformation.

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