Transfer of optical orbital angular momentum to a bound electron
The spatial structure of vortex laser beams associates angular momentum to photons, which, in addition to their spin, can be used to tailor light-matter interactions. Here, the authors excite an atomic transition with a vortex laser beam, showing that the transfer of angular momentum modifies select...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2016-10-01
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| Series: | Nature Communications |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12998 |