We review basic physics and novel types of optical angular momentum. We start with a
theoretical overview of momentum and angular momentum properties of generic optical …

Scientists have known for more than a century that light possesses both linear and angular
momenta along the direction of propagation. However, only recent advances in optics have …

The pace of innovations in the field of optical trapping has ramped up in the past couple of
years. The implementation of structured light, leading to groundbreaking inventions such as …

Structured waves are ubiquitous for all areas of wave physics, both classical and quantum,
where the wavefields are inhomogeneous and cannot be approximated by a single plane …

Maxwell's equations, formulated 150 years ago, ultimately describe properties of light, from
classical electromagnetism to quantum and relativistic aspects. The latter ones result in …

An Up-to-Date Compendium on the Physics and Mathematics of Polarization Phenomena
Now thoroughly revised, Polarized Light and the Mueller Matrix Approach cohesively …

The paper briefly presents some essential concepts and features of light fields with strong
spatial inhomogeneity of amplitude, phase, polarization, and other parameters. It contains a …

Momentum and spin represent fundamental dynamic properties of quantum particles and
fields. In particular, propagating optical waves (photons) carry momentum and longitudinal …

Chirality, a property of broken mirror symmetry, prevails in nature. Chiral molecules show
different biochemical behaviors to their mirror molecules. For left or right circularly polarized …

Light with spatiotemporal orbital angular momentum (ST-OAM) is a recently discovered type
of structured and localized electromagnetic field. This field carries characteristic space–time …