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Title: Quantum field theory of photons with orbital angular momentum

Abstract

A quantum-field-theory approach is put forward to generalize the concept of classical spatial light beams carrying orbital angular momentum to the single-photon level. This quantization framework is carried out both in the paraxial and nonparaxial regimes. Upon extension to the optical phase space, closed-form expressions are found for a photon Wigner representation describing transformations on the orbital Poincare sphere of unitarily related families of paraxial spatial modes.

Authors:
; ;  [1]
  1. Grup de Fisica Teorica and IFAE, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona (Spain)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
20786776
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Physical Review. A
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 73; Journal Issue: 1; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.73.013805; (c) 2006 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 1050-2947
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS; INFORMATION THEORY; OPTICS; ORBITAL ANGULAR MOMENTUM; PHASE SPACE; PHOTONS; QUANTIZATION; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; TRANSFORMATIONS; VISIBLE RADIATION

Citation Formats

Calvo, G F, Picon, A, and Bagan, E. Quantum field theory of photons with orbital angular momentum. United States: N. p., 2006. Web. doi:10.1103/PHYSREVA.73.0.
Calvo, G F, Picon, A, & Bagan, E. Quantum field theory of photons with orbital angular momentum. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVA.73.0
Calvo, G F, Picon, A, and Bagan, E. 2006. "Quantum field theory of photons with orbital angular momentum". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVA.73.0.
@article{osti_20786776,
title = {Quantum field theory of photons with orbital angular momentum},
author = {Calvo, G F and Picon, A and Bagan, E},
abstractNote = {A quantum-field-theory approach is put forward to generalize the concept of classical spatial light beams carrying orbital angular momentum to the single-photon level. This quantization framework is carried out both in the paraxial and nonparaxial regimes. Upon extension to the optical phase space, closed-form expressions are found for a photon Wigner representation describing transformations on the orbital Poincare sphere of unitarily related families of paraxial spatial modes.},
doi = {10.1103/PHYSREVA.73.0},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/20786776}, journal = {Physical Review. A},
issn = {1050-2947},
number = 1,
volume = 73,
place = {United States},
year = {Sun Jan 15 00:00:00 EST 2006},
month = {Sun Jan 15 00:00:00 EST 2006}
}