How a Dove prism transforms the orbital angular momentum of a light beam

N. González; G. Molina-Terriza; J. P. Torres

doi:10.1364/OE.14.009093

How a Dove prism transforms the orbital angular momentum of a light beam

N. González^*, G. Molina-Terriza, J. P. Torres

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It is generally assumed that a light beam with orbital angular momentum (OAM) per photon of lℏ, is transformed, when traversing a Dove prism, into a light beam with OAM per photon of - lℏ. In this paper, we show theoretically and experimentally that this OAM transformation rule does not apply for highly focused light beams. This result should be taken into account when designing classical and quantum algorithms that make use of Dove prims to manipulate the OAM of light.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	9093-9102
Number of pages	10
Journal	Optics Express
Volume	14
Issue number	20
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.14.009093
Publication status	Published - 2006
Externally published	Yes

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