Further Details

Title: Twisted Photons
Condition: New
Subtitle: Applications of Light with Orbital Angular Momentum
Author: Juan P. Torres
Contributor: Juan P. Torres (Edited by), Lluis Torner (Edited by)
Format: Hardback
EAN: 9783527409075
ISBN: 9783527409075
Publisher: Blackwell Verlag GmbH
Genre: Science Nature & Math
Release Date: 02/09/2011
Description: This book deals with applications in several areas of science and technology that make use of light which carries orbital angular momentum. In most practical scenarios, the angular momentum can be decomposed into two independent contributions: the spin angular momentum and the orbital angular momentum. The orbital contribution affords a fundamentally new degree of freedom, with fascinating and wide-spread applications. Unlike spin angular momentum, which is associated with the polarization of light, the orbital angular momentum arises as a consequence of the spatial distribution of the intensity and phase of an optical field, even down to the single photon limit. Researchers have begun to appreciate its implications for our understanding of the ways in which light and matter can interact, and its practical potential in different areas of science and technology.
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: DE
Item Height: 246mm
Item Length: 175mm
Item Width: 19mm
Item Weight: 694g
Release Year: 2011

Missing Information?

Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.