Magnetic-optical transitions induced by twisted light in quantum dots
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
2017-11-22 v1
Abstract
It has been theoretically predicted that light carrying orbital angular momentum, or twisted light, can be tuned to have a strong magnetic-field component at optical frequencies. We here consider the interaction of these peculiar fields with a semiconductor quantum dot and show that the magnetic interaction results in new types of optical transitions. In particular, a single pulse of such twisted light can drive light-hole-to-conduction band transitions that are cumbersome to produce using conventional Gaussian beams or even twisted light with dominant electric fields.
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@article{arxiv.1708.04893,
title = {Magnetic-optical transitions induced by twisted light in quantum dots},
author = {G. F. Quinteiro and D. E. Reiter and T. Kuhn},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1708.04893},
year = {2017}
}
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4 pages, 2 figures