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Spin and orbital angular momentum and their conversion in cylindrical vector vortices

Jiangbo Zhu, Yujie Chen, Yanfeng Zhang

    Optics Letters
    |August 1, 2014
    PubMed
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    Integrated optical vortex emitters generate light beams with orbital angular momentum (OAM). Varying emitter size reveals spin-orbit interactions, leading to purer OAM states in cylindrical vector vortices (CVVs).

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