Transformation of the Spin Moment into Orbital Moment in Laser Beam

Authors

  • Maxim Vyacheslavovich Bolshakov South Ural State University
  • Anna Valentinovna Guseva South Ural State University
  • Nataliya Dmitrievna Kundikova South Ural State University
  • Ivan Igorevich Popkov South Ural State University

Keywords:

spin moment, orbital moment, optical fiber, topological charge

Abstract

The process of distribution of circularly polarized radiation in small-mode optical fiber is studied in this paper. It was experimentally proven that the transformation of spin moment of ±1 beam into orbital moment with topological charge ±1.

Author Biographies

Maxim Vyacheslavovich Bolshakov, South Ural State University

Cand. Sc. (Physics and Mathematics), associate professor, Optics and Spectroscopy Department

Anna Valentinovna Guseva, South Ural State University

Undergraduate Student, Optics and Spectroscopy Department

Nataliya Dmitrievna Kundikova, South Ural State University

Dr. Sc. (Physics and Mathematics), Professor, Dean of Physics Faculty, Join Nonlinear Optics Laboratory of IEF RAS, Optics and Spectroscopy Department

Ivan Igorevich Popkov, South Ural State University

Assistant, Optics and Spectroscopy Department

Published

2013-10-25

Issue

Section

Short communications