Correlation-induced orbital angular momentum changes

Autor: Zhang, Yongtao, Korotkova, Olga, Cai, Yangjian, Gbur, Greg
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Phys. Rev. A 102, 063513 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: Working Paper
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.102.063513
Popis: We demonstrate that the orbital angular momentum flux density of a paraxial light beam can change on propagation in free space. These changes are entirely due to the spatial coherence state of the source, and the effect is analogous to correlation-induced changes in the intensity, spectrum and polarization of a beam. The use of the source coherence state to control the width, shape, and transverse shifts of the OAM flux density is demonstrated with numerical examples.
Databáze: arXiv