Radius of a Photon Beam with Orbital Angular Momentum

Autor: Davis, Basil L., Kaplan, L.
Rok vydání: 2012
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Zdroj: J. Opt 15, 075706 (2013)
Druh dokumentu: Working Paper
DOI: 10.1088/2040-8978/15/7/075706
Popis: We analyze the transverse structure of the Gouy phase shift in light beams carrying orbital angular momentum and show that the Gouy radius $r_G$ characterizing the transverse structure grows as $\sqrt{2p+|\ell|+1}$ with the nodal number $p$ and photon angular momentum number $\ell$. The Gouy radius is shown to be closely related to the root-mean-square radius of the beam, and the divergence of the radius away from the focal plane is determined. Finally, we analyze the rotation of the Poynting vector in the context of the Gouy radius.
Comment: 11 pages
Databáze: arXiv