Title
Backscattered Polarization Patterns, Optical Vortices, And The Angular Momentum Of Light
Abstract
We demonstrate that the polarization patterns observed in backscattering of linearly polarized light are a manifestation of the conservation of angular momentum of light. We will show that this phenomenon can be described in terms of phase vortices that are acquired by the right and left circularly polarized components. The helicity and orbital angular momentum of these components satisfy the requirement for conservation of angular momentum. © 2006 Optical Society of America.
Publication Date
4-15-2006
Publication Title
Optics Letters
Volume
31
Issue
8
Number of Pages
1121-1123
Document Type
Article
Personal Identifier
scopus
DOI Link
https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.31.001121
Copyright Status
Unknown
Socpus ID
33744832397 (Scopus)
Source API URL
https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/33744832397
STARS Citation
Schwartz, Chaim and Dogariu, Aristide, "Backscattered Polarization Patterns, Optical Vortices, And The Angular Momentum Of Light" (2006). Scopus Export 2000s. 8423.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/scopus2000/8423