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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-795-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2005.202355
