Whispering Gallery Resonators for Studying Orbital Angular Momentum of a Photon

Andrey B. Matsko, Anatoliy A. Savchenkov, Dmitry Strekalov, and Lute Maleki
Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 143904 – Published 29 September 2005

Abstract

We propose a simple method for generation and detection of photons with nonzero angular momentum. The method utilizes high-quality factor ring resonators that transform a plane electromagnetic wave into a wave with nonzero angular momentum, and vice versa. We show that the method is especially promising for studying high-order Bessel beams, unreachable by other techniques.

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  • Received 29 April 2005

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.143904

©2005 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Andrey B. Matsko, Anatoliy A. Savchenkov, Dmitry Strekalov, and Lute Maleki

  • Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, California 91109-8099, USA

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Vol. 95, Iss. 14 — 30 September 2005

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