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Development and testing of quasi-optical devices for Photon Orbital Angular Momentum manipulation at millimetre wavelengths

It is well known that light can carry two different kind of angular momentum that together form the total angular momentum of photons. These two forms are the spin orbital angular momentum, associated with the circular polarisation of light, and the orbital angular momentum of light associated with a wavefront tilted with respect to the propagation axis. Any tilted wavefront generates an orbital component of the angular momentum but there are some special cases in which this property becomes particularly interesting. It is the case of optical vortices which form when the waveform is continuously and uniformly tilted to the propagation axis forming a spiral structure.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:bl.uk/oai:ethos.bl.uk:626905
Date January 2014
CreatorsMaccalli, Stefania
ContributorsPisano, Giampaolo
PublisherUniversity of Manchester
Source SetsEthos UK
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation
Sourcehttps://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/development-and-testing-of-quasioptical-devices-for-photon-orbital-angular-momentum-manipulation-at-millimetre-wavelengths(91ab3ac8-62c5-4d3a-b063-4d162d3b61a5).html

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