Spin-to-Orbital Optical Angular Momentum Conversion in Liquid Crystal “q-Plates”: Classical and Quantum Applications
Author(s)
Marrucci, L
Karimi, E
Slussarenko, S
Piccirillo, B
Santamato, E
Nagali, E
Sciarrino, F
Griffith University Author(s)
Year published
2012
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The angular momentum of light can be split into a spin and an orbital component (SAM and OAM). A few years ago, an optical process involving a conversion of angular momentum from one form to the other was conceived and experimentally demonstrated in a singular patterned liquid crystal cell, also known as "q-plate". In this paper, after reviewing the q-plate concept and technology, we will survey some of the most significant results that have originated from it, with particular attention to the possibility of realizing a physical one-to-one mapping between the polarization Poincar頳phere and an OAM subspace of an optical beam ...
View more >The angular momentum of light can be split into a spin and an orbital component (SAM and OAM). A few years ago, an optical process involving a conversion of angular momentum from one form to the other was conceived and experimentally demonstrated in a singular patterned liquid crystal cell, also known as "q-plate". In this paper, after reviewing the q-plate concept and technology, we will survey some of the most significant results that have originated from it, with particular attention to the possibility of realizing a physical one-to-one mapping between the polarization Poincar頳phere and an OAM subspace of an optical beam or of a single photon.
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View more >The angular momentum of light can be split into a spin and an orbital component (SAM and OAM). A few years ago, an optical process involving a conversion of angular momentum from one form to the other was conceived and experimentally demonstrated in a singular patterned liquid crystal cell, also known as "q-plate". In this paper, after reviewing the q-plate concept and technology, we will survey some of the most significant results that have originated from it, with particular attention to the possibility of realizing a physical one-to-one mapping between the polarization Poincar頳phere and an OAM subspace of an optical beam or of a single photon.
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Journal Title
Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals
Volume
561
Issue
1
Subject
Classical and physical optics
Quantum information, computation and communication
Quantum optics and quantum optomechanics
Physical chemistry