Aiello A, Lindlein N, Marquardt C, Leuchs G (2009)
Publication Type: Journal article
Publication year: 2009
Publisher: American Physical Society
Book Volume: 103
Pages Range: 100401
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.100401
We present a novel fundamental phenomenon occurring when a polarized beam of light is observed from a reference frame tilted with respect to the direction of propagation of the beam. This effect has a purely geometric nature and amounts to a polarization-dependent shift or split of the beam intensity distribution evaluated as the time-averaged flux of the Poynting vector across the plane of observation. We demonstrate that such a shift is unavoidable whenever the beam possesses a nonzero transverse angular momentum. This latter result has general validity and applies to arbitrary systems such as, e.g., electronic and atomic beams. © 2009 The American Physical Society.
APA:
Aiello, A., Lindlein, N., Marquardt, C., & Leuchs, G. (2009). Transverse Angular Momentum and Geometric Spin Hall Effect of Light. Physical Review Letters, 103, 100401. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.100401
MLA:
Aiello, Andrea, et al. "Transverse Angular Momentum and Geometric Spin Hall Effect of Light." Physical Review Letters 103 (2009): 100401.
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