Orbital polarization in harmonic light beams.

IF 3.1 2区物理与天体物理 Q2 OPTICS

Optics letters Pub Date : 2025-06-15 DOI:10.1364/OL.564386

Jyrki Laatikainen, Olga Korotkova

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Abstract

A harmonic electromagnetic beam oscillating at an arbitrary number, say L, of orbital angular momentum (OAM) states and having any polarization properties is shown to be characterized by means of a L × 2 tensor. The projection of the tensor to the polarization plane is found to contain information about the OAM-state mixing and radially resolved polarization of the beam. In particular, the degree of orbital polarization and the orbital polarization ellipse are introduced.

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谐波光束中的轨道偏振。

谐振电磁波束振荡于任意数目的轨道角动量（OAM）态，如L，并具有任何极化性质，被证明是用L × 2张量表征的。发现张量在偏振平面上的投影包含了光束的oam态混合和径向分辨偏振的信息。特别介绍了轨道极化度和轨道极化椭圆。

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Optics letters 物理-光学

CiteScore

6.60

自引率

8.30%

发文量

2275

审稿时长

1.7 months

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