The variation of photonic orbital angular momentum at Compton scattering is 7 characterized. We determine scattering matrix of a twisted light based on the fundamental 8 conservation of orbital angular momenta. Numerical values for two different twisted light modes: 9 Laguerre Gaussian and Bessel Gaussian, are generated and illustrated. Our analysis indicate that 10 states of photonic orbital a...

The polarization state of a light beam is related to its spin angular momentum and can be represented on the Poincaré sphere. We propose a sphere for light beams in analogous orbital angular momentum states. Using the Poincaré-sphere equivalent, we interpret the rotational frequency shift for light beams with orbital angular momentum [Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 3217 (1998)] as a dynamically evolving ...

The nucleon spin problem raises experimental and theoretical questions regarding the contribution of the orbital angular momentum of the quarks to the total spin of the nucleon. In this article we examine the commutation relationships of various operators that contribute to the total angular momentum of the nucleon. We find that the sum of the orbital plus gluon field angular momenta should sat...

Coherent detection of orbital angular momentum in radio Report Title The angular momentum propagated by a beam of radiation has two contributions: spin angular momentum (SAM) and orbital angular momentum (OAM). SAM corresponds to wave polarisation, while OAM-carrying beams are characterized by a phase which is a function of azimuth. We demonstrate experimentally that radio beams propagating OAM...

We measure the local skew angle of the Poynting vector within a helically-phased, exp (il phi), beam using a Shack Hartmann wavefront sensor. It is the skew angle of the Poynting vector with respect to the beam axis that gives rise to the orbital angular momentum of a light beam. We confirm that this skew angle is l/kr, corresponding to an orbital angular momentum of l? per photon. Measurement ...

The fundamental program in high energy spin physics focuses on the spin structure of the nucleon. The gluon and orbital angular momentum components of the nucleon spin are virtually unknown. The Jz = 1 2 sum rule involves the integrated parton densities and can be used to extract information on the orbital angular momentum and its evolution. To avoid any bias on a model of ∆G, we assume that th...

We analyze the evolution of the vortex and the asymmetrical parts of orbital angular momentum during its propagation through separable first-order optical systems. We find that the evolution of the vortex part depends on only parameters a(x), a(y), b(x), and b(y) of the ray transformation matrix and that isotropic systems with the same ratio b/a produce the same change of the vortex part of the...