Dynamics of optical spin-orbit coupling in uniaxial crystals.
We study theoretically and verify experimentally the detailed dynamics of spin-to-orbital angular momentum conversion for a circularly polarized Gaussian beam propagating along the optical axis of a uniaxial crystal. We extend the results to the case of white-light beams when each of the spectral components undergoes its own wavelength-dependent angular momentum conversion process.
Brasselet
Etienne
E
Centre de Physique Moléculaire Optique et Hertzienne, Université Bordeaux 1, CNRS, Talence, France. e.brasselet@cpmoh.u-bordeaux1.fr
Izdebskaya
Yana
Y
Shvedov
Vladlen
V
Desyatnikov
Anton S
AS
Krolikowski
Wieslaw
W
Kivshar
Yuri S
YS