Experimental verification of position-dependent angular-momentum selection rules for absorption of twisted light by a bound electron
We analyze the multipole excitation of atoms with twisted light, i.e, by a vortex light field that carries orbital angular momentum. A single trapped ^40 Ca ^+ ion serves as a localized and positioned probe of the exciting field. We drive the ${S}_{1/2}\to {D}_{5/2}$ transition and observe the relat...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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IOP Publishing
2018-01-01
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| Series: | New Journal of Physics |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/aaa63d |