Probing the reciprocal lattice associated with a triangular slit to determine the orbital angular momentum for a photon
| Autor: | Jandir M. Hickmann, J. H. Lopes, Ana Regina Leão Ibiapina Moura, Askery Canabarro, Sabino Chávez-Cerda, E. de Lima, W. C. Soares, M. L. Felisberto, Eduardo J. S. Fonseca, B. de Lima Bernardo |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Diffraction
Physics Angular momentum Photon business.industry FOS: Physical sciences Physics::Optics Molecular physics Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics Ptychography Reciprocal lattice Optics Light beam Electrical and Electronic Engineering business Engineering (miscellaneous) Optical vortex Topological quantum number Optics (physics.optics) Physics - Optics |
| Popis: | The orbital angular momentum conservation of light reveals different diffraction patterns univocally dependent on the topological charge of the incident light beam when passing through a triangular aperture. It is demonstrated that these patterns, which are accessed by observing the far-field measurement of the diffracted light, can also be obtained using few photon sources. In order to explain the observed patterns, we introduce an analogy of this optical phenomenon with the study of diffraction for the characterization of the crystal structure of solids. We demonstrate that the finite pattern can be associated with the reciprocal lattice obtained from the direct lattice generated by the primitive vectors composing any two of the sides of the equilateral triangular slit responsible for the diffraction. Using the relation that exists between the direct and reciprocal lattices, we provide a conclusive explanation as to why the diffraction pattern of the main maxima is finite. This can shed a new light on the investigation of crystallographic systems. |
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