Spin-orbit interaction of light induced by transverse spin angular momentum engineering

Zengkai Shao; Jiangbo Zhu; Yujie Chen; Yanfeng Zhang; Siyuan Yu

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-03237-5

Nature Communications (Mar 2018)

Spin-orbit interaction of light induced by transverse spin angular momentum engineering

Zengkai Shao,
Jiangbo Zhu,
Yujie Chen,
Yanfeng Zhang,
Siyuan Yu

Affiliations

Zengkai Shao: School of Electronics and Information Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, Sun Yat-sen University
Jiangbo Zhu: Photonics Group, School of Computer Science, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Engineering Maths, University of Bristol
Yujie Chen: School of Electronics and Information Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, Sun Yat-sen University
Yanfeng Zhang: School of Electronics and Information Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, Sun Yat-sen University
Siyuan Yu: School of Electronics and Information Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, Sun Yat-sen University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03237-5
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Harnessing both orbital and spin angular momentum in light fields enables various applications in bio-sensing and nano-photonics. Here, the authors create engineered spin-orbit coupling between orbital angular momentum and transverse spin angular momentum in light using a vortex-emitting waveguide.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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