Generalized angular momentum transfer to up-converted photons via four-wave mixing in atomic gases
Experimental results on the phase transfer from structured beams to parametric light, generated by inducing four-wave mixing in an atomic gas, are reported. Near-infrared, Mathieu, and Gaussian pump beams yield a blue coherent Mathieu electromagnetic field and an infrared beam. Two complementary tec...
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| author | L. A. Mendoza-López J. G. Acosta-Montes I. F. Ángeles-Aguillón D. Sierra-Costa Y. M. Torres R. Jáuregui D. Sahagún-Sánchez |
| author_facet | L. A. Mendoza-López J. G. Acosta-Montes I. F. Ángeles-Aguillón D. Sierra-Costa Y. M. Torres R. Jáuregui D. Sahagún-Sánchez |
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| description | Experimental results on the phase transfer from structured beams to parametric light, generated by inducing four-wave mixing in an atomic gas, are reported. Near-infrared, Mathieu, and Gaussian pump beams yield a blue coherent Mathieu electromagnetic field and an infrared beam. Two complementary techniques enable full characterization of the up-converted modes. The unambiguous and efficient phase heritage of these complex quasipropagation invariant modes to up-converted photons is demonstrated. The presented data enable a quantitative study of dynamical variables related to Mathieu beams. These include elliptic angular momentum, a generalization of the orbital angular momentum of light, which is also up-converted through the nonlinear process. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e4dd7c8f897a45728062ab1b63be0f792024-04-12T17:13:07ZengAmerican Physical SocietyPhysical Review Research2643-15642021-08-013303317010.1103/PhysRevResearch.3.033170Generalized angular momentum transfer to up-converted photons via four-wave mixing in atomic gasesL. A. Mendoza-LópezJ. G. Acosta-MontesI. F. Ángeles-AguillónD. Sierra-CostaY. M. TorresR. JáureguiD. Sahagún-SánchezExperimental results on the phase transfer from structured beams to parametric light, generated by inducing four-wave mixing in an atomic gas, are reported. Near-infrared, Mathieu, and Gaussian pump beams yield a blue coherent Mathieu electromagnetic field and an infrared beam. Two complementary techniques enable full characterization of the up-converted modes. The unambiguous and efficient phase heritage of these complex quasipropagation invariant modes to up-converted photons is demonstrated. The presented data enable a quantitative study of dynamical variables related to Mathieu beams. These include elliptic angular momentum, a generalization of the orbital angular momentum of light, which is also up-converted through the nonlinear process.http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.3.033170 |
| spellingShingle | L. A. Mendoza-López J. G. Acosta-Montes I. F. Ángeles-Aguillón D. Sierra-Costa Y. M. Torres R. Jáuregui D. Sahagún-Sánchez Generalized angular momentum transfer to up-converted photons via four-wave mixing in atomic gases Physical Review Research |
| title | Generalized angular momentum transfer to up-converted photons via four-wave mixing in atomic gases |
| title_full | Generalized angular momentum transfer to up-converted photons via four-wave mixing in atomic gases |
| title_fullStr | Generalized angular momentum transfer to up-converted photons via four-wave mixing in atomic gases |
| title_full_unstemmed | Generalized angular momentum transfer to up-converted photons via four-wave mixing in atomic gases |
| title_short | Generalized angular momentum transfer to up-converted photons via four-wave mixing in atomic gases |
| title_sort | generalized angular momentum transfer to up converted photons via four wave mixing in atomic gases |
| url | http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.3.033170 |
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