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Inverse Faraday effect with linearly polarized laser pulses
S Ali1, J R Davies, J T Mendonca
1Instituto de Plasmas e Fusão Nuclear--Laboratório Associado, Instituto Superior Tecnico,Avenida Rovisco Pais 1, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal. shahid_gc@yahoo.com
Abstract:
The inverse Faraday effect is usually associated with circularly polarized radiation; here, we show that it can also occur for linearly polarized radiation. The quasistatic axial magnetic field generated by a laser propagating in plasma can be calculated by considering both the spin and the orbital angular momenta of the laser pulse. A net spin is present when the radiation is circularly polarized and a net orbital angular momentum is present if there is any deviation from perfect rotational symmetry. The orbital angular momentum gives an additional contribution to the axial magnetic field that can enhance or reduce the effect usually attributed to circular polarization and strongly depends on the intensity profile of the Laguerre-Gaussian modes involving the azimuthal and radial mode numbers.
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