DocumentCode
2987004
Title
Experimental observation of transverse shift of the center of gravity of a reflected Laguerre-Gaussian light beam
Author
Dasgupta, R. ; Gupta, P.K.
Author_Institution
Biomedical Applications Sect., Centre for Adv. Technol., Indore, India
Volume
3
fYear
2005
fDate
22-27 May 2005
Firstpage
2022
Abstract
We report experimental demonstration of transverse shift of reflected optical beams having non-zero orbital angular momentum. Possibility of using such shift for measurement of orbital angular momentum state of a single photon is discussed.
Keywords
angular momentum; laser beams; light reflection; quantum optics; center of gravity; linear transverse shift; orbital angular momentum; reflected Laguerre-Gaussian light beam; single photon; Biomedical measurements; Extraterrestrial measurements; Gravity; Laser beams; Optical beams; Optical reflection; Photonics Society; Polarization; Position measurement; Refractive index;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
Print_ISBN
1-55752-795-4
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CLEO.2005.202355
Filename
1573421
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