Mechanically induced image rotation: analogy of the Faraday effect for orbital angular momentum

Miles J. Padgett; Emma Wisniewski-Barker; Graham Gibson; Robert W. Boyd; Sonja Franke-Arnold

doi:10.1117/12.909915

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7 February 2012 Mechanically induced image rotation: analogy of the Faraday effect for orbital angular momentum

Miles J. Padgett, Emma Wisniewski-Barker, Graham Gibson, Robert W. Boyd, Sonja Franke-Arnold

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Proceedings Volume 8274, Complex Light and Optical Forces VI; 827403 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.909915
Event: SPIE OPTO, 2012, San Francisco, California, United States

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A spinning medium is predicted to induce a slight rotation in a transmitted image. We amplify this effect by use of ruby as a slow light medium, giving image rotations of several degrees. In terms of the orbital angular momentum such rotations are analogous to the mechanical Faraday effect.

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Miles J. Padgett, Emma Wisniewski-Barker, Graham Gibson, Robert W. Boyd, and Sonja Franke-Arnold "Mechanically induced image rotation: analogy of the Faraday effect for orbital angular momentum", Proc. SPIE 8274, Complex Light and Optical Forces VI, 827403 (7 February 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.909915

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