Compared with conventional optical elements, 2D photonic metasurfaces, consisting of
arrays of antennas with subwavelength thickness (the 'meta-atoms'), enable the …

Light carries both spin and orbital angular momentum. These dynamical properties are
determined by the polarization and spatial degrees of freedom of light. Nano-optics …

We report on rotating an optically trapped silica nanoparticle in vacuum by transferring spin
angular momentum of light to the particle's mechanical angular momentum. At sufficiently …

" This engagingly written text provides a useful pedagogical introduction to an extensive
class of geometrical phenomena in the optics of polarization and phase, including simple …

As they travel through space, some light beams rotate. Such light beams have angular
momentum. There are two particularly important ways in which a light beam can rotate: if …

We consider reflection and transmission of polarized paraxial light beams at a plane
dielectric interface. The field transformations taking into account a finite beam width are …

Since their invention in 1986 by Arthur Ashkin and colleagues, optical tweezers have
become an essential tool in several fields of physics, spectroscopy, biology …

Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the orbital angular momentum of light, outlines
the theoretical basis for the orbital angular momentum of beams within the paraxial …

Publisher Summary The widespread availability of spatially and temporally coherent laser
sources makes the production of optical vortices inevitable in any experiment involving …

Some 16 years ago, Allen et al.[Phys. Rev. A 45, 8185 (1992)] recognised that laser beams
which carried an angular momentum additional to photon spin, could be realized in the …