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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.

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The book deals with applications in several areas of science as 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.

From the contents:

The orbital angular momentum (OAM) of a light beam
Generation and detection of the OAM
The rotational Doppler frequency shift and the OAM
Transfer of OAM to trapped particles
Torques in liquid crystals
Micro-machines made and driven by OAM
Applications in microfluidics
Applications in microphysics
Spiral phase contrast microscopy
Imaging membranes between different biological tissues
OAM of single and entangled photons
Rotating atoms with light
Vortices everywhere

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Title Twisted Photons: Applications of Light with Orbital Angular Momentum
Author Juan P. Torres (Editor); Lluis Torner (Editor)
Binding Hardcover
Edition number 1st
Edition 1
Pages 288
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher Wiley-Vch
Date 2011-03-14
ISBN 9783527409075 / 3527409076
Weight 1.55 lbs (0.70 kg)
Dimensions 9.7 x 6.9 x 0.7 in (24.64 x 17.53 x 1.78 cm)
Themes
- Aspects (Academic): Science/Technology Aspects
Dewey Decimal Code 539.721

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Reference and Research Bk News, 08/01/2011, Page 210

About the author

Juan P. Torres is one of the group leaders of ICFO-The Institute of Photonic Sciences in Barcelona, Spain, where he conducts research in nonlinear and quantum optics. He also holds a position as associate professor at the Technical University of Catalonia where he teaches in photonics and electrical engineering. Professor Torres obtained his PhD in Science from the Technical University of Catalonia and afterwards held a post-doctoral position at the University of California at Berkeley. He has authored about 100 articles and received an award for young investigators from the Government of Catalonia in 2002.

Lluis Torner is the founding Director of ICFO-The Institute of Photonic Sciences in Barcelona, Spain, and professor of photonics at the Technical University of Catalonia. He conducts research and innovation in photonics, with emphasis on fundamentals and applications of nonlinear optics, optical vortices and optical solitons. He has co-authored more than 300 articles in scienti? c journals. He is a Fellow of the Optical Society of America, the European Optical Society and the European Physical Society, and he currently serves as President of the Association of Research Institutions of Catalonia.

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