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Compton Scattering of a Twisted Light

Optics 2017-07-20 v1

Abstract

The variation of photonic orbital angular momentum at Compton scattering is characterized. We determine scattering matrix of a twisted light based on the fundamental conservation of orbital angular momenta. Numerical values for two different twisted light modes: Laguerre Gaussian and Bessel Gaussian, are generated and illustrated. Our analysis indicate that states of photonic orbital angular momentum are highly changeable at wide angle scattering but more consistent at small angle scattering.

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@article{arxiv.1707.05951,
  title  = {Compton Scattering of a Twisted Light},
  author = {Mazen Nairat and David Voelz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1707.05951},
  year   = {2017}
}
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