Orbital angular momentum of single photons: revealing quantum fundamentals.

IF 4.3 3区综合性期刊 Q1 MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences Pub Date : 2024-12-30 Epub Date: 2024-12-24 DOI:10.1098/rsta.2023.0327

Miles Padgett

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In 1992, Allen et al. (Allen L, Beijersbergen MW, Spreeuw RJC, Woerdman JP. 1992 Orbital angular momentum of light and the transformation of Laguerre-Gaussian laser modes. Phys. Rev. A 45, 8185-8189. (doi:10.1103/physreva.45.8185)) published their seminal paper on the orbital angular momentum of light, drawing together seemingly unrelated themes and ideas in optics. This breakthrough initiated a new area of optical science concerning the physics and applications of structured light beams. This orbital angular momentum is an important concept for both classical and quantum science, especially where the framing in terms of angular momentum demystifies some of the quantum properties of light. Loudon's own work (Loudon R. 2003 Theory of the forces exerted by Laguerre-Gaussian light beams on dielectrics. Phys. Rev. A 68, 013806. (doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.68.013806)) in this area focused on the interactions between light and matter where the orbital angular momentum extended his studies from linear impulses to rotational torques.This article is part of the theme issue 'The quantum theory of light'.

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单光子的轨道角动量：揭示量子基本原理。

1992年，Allen et al. （Allen L, Beijersbergen MW, Spreeuw RJC, Woerdman JP）。1992光的轨道角动量与拉盖尔-高斯激光模的变换。理论物理。Rev. A 45, 8185-8189。（doi:10.1103/physreva.45.8185）))发表了他们关于光的轨道角动量的开创性论文，将光学中看似无关的主题和思想结合在一起。这一突破开创了一个光学科学的新领域，涉及结构光束的物理和应用。轨道角动量对于经典科学和量子科学来说都是一个重要的概念，特别是在角动量的框架下，光的一些量子特性变得更加神秘。劳登（Loudon R. 2003）关于拉盖尔-高斯光束对电介质施加的力的理论。理论物理。Rev. A 68, 013806。（doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.68.013806）))在这个领域专注于光与物质之间的相互作用，其中轨道角动量将他的研究从线性脉冲扩展到旋转力矩。这篇文章是主题“光的量子理论”的一部分。

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