Title :
Ladder operators for optical angular momentum transfer
Author :
Choi, Hyunhee ; Woo, J.H. ; Wu, J.W.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Ewha Womans Univ., Seoul
Abstract :
Ladder operators are introduced to analyze the Pancharatnam-Berry(PB) phase. Space-variant PB phase structures are identified in polarization grating and cholesteric liquid crystal. The wavefront shaping and the beam propagation direction alteration are demonstrated.
Keywords :
angular momentum; cholesteric liquid crystals; diffraction gratings; light polarisation; quantum optics; Pancharatnam-Berry phase; beam propagation direction alteration; cholesteric liquid crystal; ladder operators; optical angular momentum transfer; polarization grating; space-variant phase structures; wavefront shaping; Geometrical optics; Gratings; Holographic optical components; Holography; Liquid crystals; Optical polarization; Optical propagation; Photonic crystals; Physics; Quantum mechanics; Holography;(090.0090); Liquid Crystals;(160.3710); Polarization;(260.5430);
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-859-9
