Quantum formulation of fractional orbital angular momentum

DOI10.1080/09500340601156827MaRDI QIDQ3498541zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Jörg B. Götte, Sonja Franke-Arnold, Roberta Zambrini, Stephen M. Barnett

Publication date 15 May 2008

Published in Journal of Modern Optics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0611169

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum computation (81P68) Finite-dimensional groups and algebras motivated by physics and their representations (81R05) Atomic physics (81V45)

Abstract: The quantum theory of rotation angles (S. M. Barnett and D. T. Pegg, Phys. Rev. A, 41, 3427-3425 (1990)) is generalised to non-integer values of the orbital angular momentum. This requires the introduction of an additional parameter, the orientation of a phase discontinuity associated with fractional values of the orbital angular momentum. We apply our formalism to the propagation of light modes with fractional orbital angular momentum in the paraxial and non-paraxial regime.

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