Transfer of optical orbital angular momentum to a bound electron

The spatial structure of vortex laser beams associates angular momentum to photons, which, in addition to their spin, can be used to tailor light-matter interactions. Here, the authors excite an atomic transition with a vortex laser beam, showing that the transfer of angular momentum modifies select...

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Autores principales: Christian T. Schmiegelow, Jonas Schulz, Henning Kaufmann, Thomas Ruster, Ulrich G. Poschinger, Ferdinand Schmidt-Kaler
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Publicado: Nature Portfolio 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/293e534b5ee34fcabdec6e19127c68e8
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Sumario:The spatial structure of vortex laser beams associates angular momentum to photons, which, in addition to their spin, can be used to tailor light-matter interactions. Here, the authors excite an atomic transition with a vortex laser beam, showing that the transfer of angular momentum modifies selection rules.