title: Dynamics of optical spin-orbit coupling in uniaxial crystals.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Centre de Physique Moléculaire Optique et Hertzienne, Université Bordeaux 1, CNRS, Talence, France. e.brasselet@cpmoh.u-bordeaux1.fr
authors.forename: Etienne
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Brasselet
authors.forename: Yana
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Izdebskaya
authors.forename: Vladlen
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Shvedov
authors.forename: Anton S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Desyatnikov
authors.forename: Wieslaw
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Krolikowski
authors.forename: Yuri S
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Kivshar