Circular motion of particles suspended in a Gaussian beam with circular polarization validates the spin part of the internal energy flow
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Circular motion of particles suspended in a Gaussian beam with circular polarization validates the spin part of the internal energy flow. / Angelsky, O. V. ; Bekshaev, A. Ya. ; Maksimyak, P. P. ; Maksimyak, A. P. ; Mokhun, I. I. ; Hanson, Steen Grüner; Zenkova, C. Yu. ; Tyurin, A. V. .
In: Optics Express, Vol. 20, No. 10, 2012, p. 11351-11356.Publication: Research - peer-review › Journal article – Annual report year: 2012
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T1 - Circular motion of particles suspended in a Gaussian beam with circular polarization validates the spin part of the internal energy flow
A1 - Angelsky,O. V.
A1 - Bekshaev,A. Ya.
A1 - Maksimyak,P. P.
A1 - Maksimyak,A. P.
A1 - Mokhun,I. I.
A1 - Hanson,Steen Grüner
A1 - Zenkova,C. Yu.
A1 - Tyurin,A. V.
AU - Angelsky,O. V.
AU - Bekshaev,A. Ya.
AU - Maksimyak,P. P.
AU - Maksimyak,A. P.
AU - Mokhun,I. I.
AU - Hanson,Steen Grüner
AU - Zenkova,C. Yu.
AU - Tyurin,A. V.
PB - Optical Society of America
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - Non-spherical dielectric microparticles were suspended in a water-filled cell and exposed to a coherent Gaussian light beam with controlled state of polarization. When the beam polarization is linear, the particles were trapped at certain off-axial position within the beam cross section. After switching to the right (left) circular polarization, the particles performed spinning motion in agreement with the angular momentum imparted by the field, but they were involved in an orbital rotation around the beam axis as well, which in previous works [Y. Zhao et al, Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 073901 (2007)] was treated as evidence for the spin-to orbital angular momentum conversion. Since in our realization the moderate focusing of the beam excluded the possibility for such a conversion, we consider the observed particle behavior as a demonstration of the macroscopic “spin energy flow” predicted by the theory of inhomogeneously polarized paraxial beams [A. Bekshaev et al, J. Opt. 13, 053001 (2011)].
AB - Non-spherical dielectric microparticles were suspended in a water-filled cell and exposed to a coherent Gaussian light beam with controlled state of polarization. When the beam polarization is linear, the particles were trapped at certain off-axial position within the beam cross section. After switching to the right (left) circular polarization, the particles performed spinning motion in agreement with the angular momentum imparted by the field, but they were involved in an orbital rotation around the beam axis as well, which in previous works [Y. Zhao et al, Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 073901 (2007)] was treated as evidence for the spin-to orbital angular momentum conversion. Since in our realization the moderate focusing of the beam excluded the possibility for such a conversion, we consider the observed particle behavior as a demonstration of the macroscopic “spin energy flow” predicted by the theory of inhomogeneously polarized paraxial beams [A. Bekshaev et al, J. Opt. 13, 053001 (2011)].
U2 - 10.1364/OE.20.011351
DO - 10.1364/OE.20.011351
JO - Optics Express
JF - Optics Express
SN - 1094-4087
IS - 10
VL - 20
SP - 11351
EP - 11356
ER -