Orbital And Spin Angular Momentum Light Generation, Interactions, Special Photons, And Applications In Liquids, Solids, Vapors And Biological Tissue Media
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description: Photons possess many characteristics such as wavelength, coherence, speed, polarization and wavefront. The aim of this thesis is the study of two salient properties of light exploring light carrying polarization and space degree of freedom of the wavefront. The wavefront of light is complex with different states of polarization. Special light beams are generated and characterized for interaction with liquids, solids, vapors, and bio- materials to understand fundamental processes such as Transmission, Raman scattering, and Optical Kerr Effect in steady state and temporal domains. It has been more than hundred years since it is known that light can carry other polarizations such as circular polarization. This type of polarization is associated to the spin angular momentum (SAM) of a photon is described by , which indicates a left-handed () and right-handed () circularly polarized light respectively. Currently there are other exotic forms of polarizations described as cylindrical vector beams such as radial and azimuthal polarization, which have inhomogeneous polarization structure. These beams are best known for possessing a high degree of symmetry, for having strong longitudinal fields when tightly focused and for having a total angular momentum of . Since 1992, the other form of chirality is associated with a beam’s wavefront where in addition to the SAM; a photon can carry orbital angular momentum (OAM). This type of beam is characterized as a phase vortex and inherits a ‘donut-like’ topology. OAM beams are generated when the light bends forming a helical wavefront. These are characterized by an azimuthal phase dependence of exp (if), where f is the azimuthal coordinate in the beam’s cross section, and is an integer value, which indicates if the beam twists clockwise or counterclockwise. Also, the dictates how many intertwined helical phases front the beam has. The OAM value carried by a photon is represented by L=. In this research proposal, various types of opto–…
abstract: Photons possess many characteristics such as wavelength, coherence, speed, polarization and wavefront. The aim of this thesis is the study of two salient properties of light exploring light carrying polarization and space degree of freedom of the wavefront. The wavefront of light is complex with different states of polarization. Special light beams are generated and characterized for interaction with liquids, solids, vapors, and bio- materials to understand fundamental processes such as Transmission, Raman scattering, and Optical Kerr Effect in steady state and temporal domains. It has been more than hundred years since it is known that light can carry other polarizations such as circular polarization. This type of polarization is associated to the spin angular momentum (SAM) of a photon is described by , which indicates a left-handed () and right-handed () circularly polarized light respectively. Currently there are other exotic forms of polarizations described as cylindrical vector beams such as radial and azimuthal polarization, which have inhomogeneous polarization structure. These beams are best known for possessing a high degree of symmetry, for having strong longitudinal fields when tightly focused and for having a total angular momentum of . Since 1992, the other form of chirality is associated with a beam’s wavefront where in addition to the SAM; a photon can carry orbital angular momentum (OAM). This type of beam is characterized as a phase vortex and inherits a ‘donut-like’ topology. OAM beams are generated when the light bends forming a helical wavefront. These are characterized by an azimuthal phase dependence of exp (if), where f is the azimuthal coordinate in the beam’s cross section, and is an integer value, which indicates if the beam twists clockwise or counterclockwise. Also, the dictates how many intertwined helical phases front the beam has. The OAM value carried by a photon is represented by L=. In this research proposal, various types of opto–…
author: Mamani Reyes, Sandra
keywords: Optics, Photonics, Orbital angular momentum, Spin angular momentum, Optical Kerr effect, light, Biological and Chemical Physics, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics
date published: 2024-01-01T08:00:00Z
date modified: 2026-07-24T01:58:13Z
provider: City University of New York - City College
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
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source organization: City University of New York - City College