Title :
The geometric phase and singular light beams
Author :
Milione, Giovanni ; Evans, S. ; Nolan, Dan A. ; Alfano, Robert R.
Author_Institution :
City Coll. of New York, City Univ. of New York, New York, NY, USA
Abstract :
We present a new Pancharatnam-Berry geometric phase associated with singular light beams. This geometric phase is shown to be directly proportional to the sum of the spin and orbital angular momentum of a light beam.
Keywords :
Berry phase; angular momentum; quantum optics; Pancharatnam-Berry geometric phase; orbital angular momentum; singular light beams; spin angular momentum; Adaptive optics; Geometrical optics; Optical interferometry; Optical polarization; Optical vortices; System-on-a-chip; Vectors;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
