title: Optical orbital angular momentum from the curl of polarization.
abstract: We predict a new category of optical orbital angular momentum that is associated with the curl of polarization and a kind of vector field with radial-variant hybrid states of polarization that can carry such novel optical orbital angular momentum. We present a scheme for creating the desired vector fields. Optical trapping experiments validate that the vector fields, which have no additional phase vortex, exert torques to drive the orbital motion of the trapped isotropic microspheres.
authors.affiliation: School of Physics and Key Laboratory of Weak-Light Nonlinear Photonics, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China.
authors.forename: Xi-Lin
authors.initials: XL
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Yongnan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Jianping
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ding
authors.forename: Cheng-Shan
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Hui-Tian
authors.initials: HT
authors.lastname: Wang