Measurement of the rotational frequency shift imparted to a rotating light beam possessing orbital angular momentum

Kishan Dholakia; J Courtial; DA Robertson; L Allen; other 1

Measurement of the rotational frequency shift imparted to a rotating light beam possessing orbital angular momentum

Kishan Dholakia, J Courtial, DA Robertson, L Allen, other 1

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We observe the frequency shift, l Omega, imparted to a mm-wave beam with an orbital angular momentum of l (h) over bar per photon, when the beam,is rotated at angular frequency Omega. We show that this shift, and those found in a number of experiments on the rotation of circularly polarized beams, are special cases of the rotational frequency shift recently predicted by Bialynicki-Birula and Bialynicka-Birula. The measurement also explicitly confirms a theoretical prediction by Nienhuis.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3217-3219
Number of pages	3
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	80
Issue number	15
Publication status	Published - 13 Apr 1998

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Measurement of the rotational frequency shift imparted to a rotating light beam possessing orbital angular momentum

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