Non-classical photonic spin texture of quantum structured light
Twisted light beams allow unique control of light-matter interaction, but classical models cannot describe this phenomenon at the single-photon level. Here, the quantum state of structured photons is derived instead from quantum field theory which captures the quantum uncertainty in its angular mome...
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| description | Twisted light beams allow unique control of light-matter interaction, but classical models cannot describe this phenomenon at the single-photon level. Here, the quantum state of structured photons is derived instead from quantum field theory which captures the quantum uncertainty in its angular momentum and the non-local photonic spin density correlation. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-44bf5974e71442fd8497dfd13cf6d3c12022-12-21T19:25:34ZengNature PortfolioCommunications Physics2399-36502021-09-01411910.1038/s42005-021-00726-wNon-classical photonic spin texture of quantum structured lightLi-Ping Yang0Zubin Jacob1Center for Quantum Sciences and School of Physics, Northeast Normal UniversityBirck Nanotechnology Center, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue UniversityTwisted light beams allow unique control of light-matter interaction, but classical models cannot describe this phenomenon at the single-photon level. Here, the quantum state of structured photons is derived instead from quantum field theory which captures the quantum uncertainty in its angular momentum and the non-local photonic spin density correlation.https://doi.org/10.1038/s42005-021-00726-w |
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| title | Non-classical photonic spin texture of quantum structured light |
| title_full | Non-classical photonic spin texture of quantum structured light |
| title_fullStr | Non-classical photonic spin texture of quantum structured light |
| title_full_unstemmed | Non-classical photonic spin texture of quantum structured light |
| title_short | Non-classical photonic spin texture of quantum structured light |
| title_sort | non classical photonic spin texture of quantum structured light |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s42005-021-00726-w |
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