• 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