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The transverse orbital angular momentum (OAM) of spatiotemporal optical vortices (STOVs) has been a topic of active debate in recent years. Previous studies, relying on narrowband and paraxial approximations, resulted in unprecedented…

Optics · Physics 2025-12-11 Jordan Adams , Youngbin Park , Andy Chong

Spatiotemporal toroidal orbital angular momentum (OAM) beams are a developing class of spatiotemporal beams which have key applications within quantum physics, metrology, imaging and optical manipulation. However, the full realization of…

We experimentally demonstrate the orbital angular momentum (OAM) conversion by the coupled nonlinear optical processes in a quasi-periodically poled LiTaO3 crystal. In such crystal, third-harmonic generation (THG) is realized by the coupled…

This work proposes the use of orbital angular momentum (OAM) waves to improve the performance of a computational imaging (CI) system. Specifically, in contrast to a solely frequency-diverse operation, leveraging multiple OAM waves leads to…

Advanced holographic techniques are increasingly demanded for high-capacity and secure information processing. In this context, orbital angular momentum (OAM) stands out as a powerful resource for optical multiplexing, offering access to an…

Optics · Physics 2026-02-03 Joonkyo Jung , Hyeonhee Kim , Jonghwa Shin

Topological insulators are novel macroscopic quantum-mechanical phase of matter, which hold promise for realizing some of the most exotic particles in physics as well as application towards spintronics and quantum computation. In all the…

We develop a weak measurement scheme for measuring orbital angular momentum (OAM) of light based on the global topology in wave function. We introduce the spin-orbit coupling to transform the measurement of OAM to the pre- and postselected…

Optics · Physics 2024-10-02 Junfan Zhu , An Wang , Yurong Liu , Fuhua Gao , Zhiyou Zhang

Classical structured light with controlled polarization and orbital angular momentum (OAM) of electromagnetic waves has varied applications in optical trapping, bio-sensing, optical communications and quantum simulations. The classical…

Optics · Physics 2021-10-05 Li-Ping Yang , Zubin Jacob

Light beams with azimuthal phase dependence [$exp(i \ell\phi)$] carry orbital angular momentum (OAM) which differs fundamentally from spin angular momentum (SAM) associated with polarization. Striking difference between the two momenta is…

Optics · Physics 2016-07-06 Ahmed H. Dorrah , Michel Zamboni-Rached , Mo Mojahedi

Using spontaneous parametric down conversion as a source of entangled photon pairs, correlations are measured between the orbital angular momentum (OAM) in a target beam (which contains an unknown object) and that in an empty reference…

The orbital-Hall effect (OHE), similarly to the spin-Hall effect (SHE), refers to the creation of a transverse flow of orbital angular momentum that is induced by a longitudinally applied electric field. For systems in which the spin-orbit…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-03-04 Luis M. Canonico , Tarik P. Cysne , Tatiana G. Rappoport , R. B. Muniz

Today, it is well known that light possesses a linear momentum which is along the propagation direction. Besides, scientists also discovered that light can possess an angular momentum (AM), a spin angular momentum (SAM) associated with…

Optics · Physics 2020-07-15 Andy Chong , Chenhao Wan , Jian Chen , Qiwen Zhan

We present an analysis of the orbital Hall effect (OHE) in a strip geometry and derive a formula for the orbital angular momentum (OAM) accumulation at the edges. The result is expressed in terms of band structure parameters and scattering…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-07-02 Egor I. Kiselev , Benoît Douçot , Roderich Moessner

As an attractive degree of freedom in electromagnetic (EM) waves, the orbital angular momentum (OAM) enables infinite communication channels for both classical and quantum communications. The exploration of OAM generation inspires various…

Optics · Physics 2018-08-21 Menglin L. N. Chen , Li Jun Jiang , Wei E. I. Sha

We propose a quasi-periodic structure (QPS) with topological defects. The analytical expression of the corresponding Fourier spectrum is derived, which reflects the combined effects of topological structure and quasitranslational symmetry.…

Optics · Physics 2019-09-04 Wang Zhang , Jie Tang , Peng Chen , Guo-xin Cu , Yang Ming , Wei Hu , Yan-qing Lu

Intra-system entanglement occurs between non-separable modes within the same system. For optical systems, the various degrees of freedom of light represent different modes, and the potential use of light to create higher dimensional…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-02-10 Hsiao-Chih Huang , Kefu Mu , Hui Min Leung , Chen-Ting Liao

In the study of orbital angular momentum (OAM), the focus has been predominantly on the intra-atomic contribution. However, recent research has begun to shift towards exploring the inter-atomic contribution to OAM dynamics. In this paper,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-11-04 Jongjun M. Lee , Min Ju Park , Hyun-Woo Lee

Twisted light with orbital angular momentum (OAM) has been extensively studied for applications in quantum and classical communications, microscopy, and optical micromanipulation. Ejecting the naturally high angular momentum whispering…

The recent demonstration of electron vortex beams has opened up the new possibility of studying orbital angular momentum (OAM) in the interaction between electron beams and matter. To this aim, methods to analyze the OAM of an electron beam…

Optics · Physics 2014-02-18 Giulio Guzzinati , Laura Clark , Armand Béché , Jo Verbeeck

Orbitronics harnesses non-equilibrium densities and flows of electrons orbital angular momentum (OAM). Although the OAM must be long lived to be useful in information processing, the mechanisms leading to OAM non-conservation remain…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-07-30 Rhonald Burgos Atencia , Daniel P. Arovas , Dimitrie Culcer