Circular dichroism of cholesteric polymers and the orbital angular momentum of light

Details Circular dichroism of cholesteric polymers and the orbital angular momentum of light Circular dichroism of cholesteric polymers and the orbital angular momentum of light

2011-04-04

arxiv.org/abs/1104.0556v1

Phys. Rev. A 83, 065801 (2011)

Physics

Optics

3 pages, 4 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevA.83.065801

We explore experimentally if the light's orbital angular momentum (OAM) interacts with chiral nematic polymer films. Specifically, we measure the circular dichroism of such a material using light beams with different OAM. We investigate the case of strongly focussed, non-paraxial light beams, where the spatial and polarization degrees of freedom are coupled. Within the experimental accuracy, we cannot find any influence of the OAM on the circular dichroism of the cholesteric polymer.

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