Geometric Spin Hall Effect of Light
Quantum Physics
2009-02-27 v1
Abstract
We describe a novel phenomenon occurring when a polarized Gaussian beam of light is observed in a Cartesian reference frame whose axes are not parallel to the direction of propagation of the beam. Such phenomenon amounts to an intriguing spin-dependent shift of the position of the center of the beam, with manners akin to the spin Hall effect of light. We demonstrate that this effect is unavoidable when the light beam possesses a nonzero transverse angular momentum.
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@article{arxiv.0902.4639,
title = {Geometric Spin Hall Effect of Light},
author = {Andrea Aiello and Christoph Marquardt and Gerd Leuchs},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0902.4639},
year = {2009}
}
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4 pages