Physics – Condensed Matter – Other Condensed Matter
Scientific paper
2007-06-04
Physics
Condensed Matter
Other Condensed Matter
5 pages, 1 figure
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevA.76.053822
We consider the propagation of slow light with an orbital angular momentum (OAM) in a moving atomic medium. We have derived a general equation of motion and applied it in analysing propagation of slow light with an OAM in a rotating medium, such as a vortex lattice. We have shown that the OAM of slow light manifests itself in a rotation of the polarisation plane of linearly polarised light. To extract a pure rotational phase shift, we suggest to measure a difference in the angle of the polarisation plane rotation by two consecutive light beams with opposite OAM. The differential angle $\Delta\alpha_{\ell}$ is proportional to the rotation frequency of the medium $\omega_{\mathrm{rot}}$ and the winding number $\ell$ of light, and is inversely proportional to the group velocity of light. For slow light the angle $\Delta\alpha_{\ell}$ should be large enough to be detectable. The effect can be used as a tool for measuring the rotation frequency $\omega_{\mathrm{rot}}$ of the medium.
Barnett Stephem M.
Juzeliunas Gediminas
Ohberg Patrik
Ruseckas Julius
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