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The optical Hall effect in tightly focused light beams

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posted on 2024-07-12, 11:17 authored by Ze'ev Bomzon, Min Gu
We show that topological charge is not conserved in tightly focused beams. Conversion of spin angular momentum into orbital angular momentum occurs through a geometrical phase. We demonstrate a connection between the shape of the focal spot, and the recently discovered optical Hall effect.

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9781424411733

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Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO/Pacific Rim 2007), Seoul, South Korea, 26-31 August 2007

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Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics CLEO/Pacific Rim 2007, Seoul, South Korea, 26-31 August 2007

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IEEE

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