• DocumentCode
    1741972
  • Title

    Transfer of orbital angular momentum of light to cold cesium atoms

  • Author

    Tabosa, J.W.R. ; Petrov, D.V.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. de Fisica, Univ. Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
  • fYear
    2000
  • fDate
    12-12 May 2000
  • Firstpage
    180
  • Lastpage
    181
  • Abstract
    Summary form only given. We present experimental results on the transfer of the orbital angular momentum of light to a system of cold cesium atoms. A four-wave-mixing process was used as an indirect tool to observe this transfer. We have observed the transfer of optical angular momentum (OAM) of light from an optical beam to the system of cold cesium atoms. We use the non-degenerate four-wave mixing process (NDFWM) as an indirect tool in order to demonstrate this transfer.
  • Keywords
    angular momentum; caesium; magneto-optical effects; multiwave mixing; radiation pressure; Cs; cold cesium atoms; four-wave-mixing process; indirect tool; non-degenerate four-wave mixing process; optical angular momentum; optical beam; orbital angular momentum; Atom optics; Atomic beams; Four-wave mixing; Nonlinear optics; Optical beams; Optical mixing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2000. (QELS 2000). Technical Digest
  • Conference_Location
    San Francisco, CA, USA
  • ISSN
    1094-5695
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-608-7
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    901950