Angular momentum of a strongly focused Gaussian beam
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چکیده
A circularly polarized paraxial Gaussian laser beam carries ±h̄ angular momentum per photon as spin, with zero orbital angular momentum. Focusing the beam with a rotationally symmetric lens cannot change this angular momentum flux, yet the focused beam must have spin |Sz | < h̄ per photon. The remainder of the original spin is converted to orbital angular momentum, manifesting itself as a longitudinal optical vortex at the focus. We investigate the nature of this orbital angular momentum.
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