English
Related papers

Related papers: Conversion of twistedness from light to atoms

200 papers

Twisted photons carrying orbital angular momentum, which have potential applications spanning diverse fields, have been extensively studied since the theoretical work of Allen \textit{et al}. in 1992. Various methods for direct producing…

We consider physical processes caused by the twisted photons for a wide range of energy scales, from optical (eV) to nuclear (MeV) to high-energy gamma-rays (TeV). We demonstrate that in order to satisfy angular momentum conservation,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-05-12 Andrei Afanasev , Carl E. Carlson , Asmita Mukherjee

Twisted light beams, or optical vortices, have been used to drive the circular motion of microscopic particles in optical tweezers and have been shown to generate vortices in quantum gases. Recent studies have established that electric…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-07-20 Smail Bougouffa

We present a fully relativistic investigation of the radiative recombination of a twisted electron with a bare heavy nucleus. The twisted electron is described by the wave function which accounts for the interaction with the nucleus in all…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2017-01-18 V. A. Zaytsev , V. G. Serbo , V. M. Shabaev

Twisted light carries orbital angular momentum (OAM) and can drive excitations of confined, interacting electrons that are dark to uniform dipolar probes. Here we show how this ``beyond-Kohn's-Theorem'' optical channel can become a concrete…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-05-20 Ferney J. Rodriguez , Luis Quiroga , Neil F. Johnson

We explore the process of orbital angular momentum (OAM) transfer from a twisted light beam to an electron in atomic ionization within the first Born approximation. The characteristics of the ejected electron are studied regardless of the…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2024-11-28 I. I. Pavlov , A. D. Chaikovskaia , D. V. Karlovets

Laser photons carrying non-zero orbital angular momentum are known and exploited during the last twenty years. Recently it has been demonstrated experimentally that such (twisted) electrons can be produced and even focused to a subnanometer…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-09-15 D. V. Karlovets , G. L. Kotkin , V. G. Serbo

"Twisted particles" refer to non-plane-wave states of photons, electrons, hadrons, or any other particle which carry non-zero, adjustable orbital angular momentum with respect to their average propagation direction. Twisted photons and…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2020-01-15 Igor P. Ivanov , Nikolai Korchagin , Alexandr Pimikov , Pengming Zhang

The relatively new atomic form factor for twisted (vortex) beams, which carry orbital angular momentum (OAM), is considered and compared to the conventional atomic form factor for plane wave beams that carry only spin angular momentum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-04-23 Pierson Guthrey , Lev Kaplan , J. H. McGuire

We analyze the multipole excitation of atoms with twisted light, i.e., by a vortex light field that carries orbital angular momentum. A single trapped $^{40}$Ca$^+$ ion serves as a localized and positioned probe of the exciting field. We…

We study the radiation from charged particles crossing a cholesteric plate in the shortwave approximation when the wavelength of photons is much smaller than the pitch of the cholesteric helix whereas the escaping angle of the photon and…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2021-08-05 O. V. Bogdanov , P. O. Kazinski , P. S. Korolev , G. Yu. Lazarenko

The theory of radiation of twisted photons in elliptical multifrequency undulators is developed. It is shown that helical multifrequency undulators can be employed as a bright and versatile source of photons in the states that are…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2026-02-17 O. V. Bogdanov , S. V. Bragin , P. O. Kazinski , V. A. Ryakin

Circular Rydberg states offer advantages for quantum information and quantum simulation platforms due to their long lifetimes and strong dipole-dipole interactions. Unfortunately, current techniques for the production of these states remain…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2025-11-26 H. S. Parker , S. L. Sims , D. J. Lamphere , A. L. Harris

Usually, photons are described by plane waves with a definite 4-momentum. In addition to plane-wave photons, "twisted photons" have recently entered the field of modern laser optics; these are coherent superpositions of plane waves with a…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2016-06-24 U. D. Jentschura , V. G. Serbo

The previously derived vortex atomic form factor, which is directly related to a differential reaction cross section, is used to analyze the elastic scattering of twisted vortex photons with a hydrogenic atomic target. The vortex atomic…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-09-18 Jack Gallahan

The Mott scattering of high-energetic twisted electrons by atoms is investigated within the framework of the first Born approximation and Dirac's relativistic equation. Special emphasis is placed on the angular distribution and longitudinal…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2015-05-12 V. Serbo , I. P. Ivanov , S. Fritzsche , D. Seipt , A. Surzhykov

The hard X-ray twisted photons and relativistic massive particles with orbital angular momentum -- vortex electrons, muons, protons, etc. -- have many potential applications in high-energy and nuclear physics. However, such states can be…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2022-11-11 D. V. Karlovets , S. S. Baturin , G. Geloni , G. K. Sizykh , V. G. Serbo

The radiation of twisted photons by undulators filled with a homogeneous dielectric dispersive medium is considered. The general formulas for the average number of radiated twisted photons are obtained. The radiation of undulators in the…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2020-11-16 O. V. Bogdanov , P. O. Kazinski , G. Yu. Lazarenko

The infrared asymptotics of probability of radiation of twisted photons in an arbitrary scattering process of quantum electrodynamics (QED) in a vacuum is investigated. This asymptotics is universal and corresponds to the radiation produced…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2019-04-24 O. V. Bogdanov , P. O. Kazinski , G. Yu. Lazarenko

The potential scattering of electrons carrying non--zero quanta of the orbital angular momentum (OAM) is studied in a framework of the generalized Born approximation, developed in our recent paper by Karlovets \textit{et al.}, Phys. Rev. A.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-03-21 D. V. Karlovets , G. L. Kotkin , V. G. Serbo , A. Surzhykov