Spin-Orbit Interaction of Light by Tailoring Spatial Polarization States

Mishra, Jatadhari (2016) Spin-Orbit Interaction of Light by Tailoring Spatial Polarization States. Masters thesis, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata.

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Abstract

We propose that as an alternative to using metamaterials for polarization dependent manipulation of light, spatial gradient of geometric phase can be generated by spatially tailoring the incident beam and only using materials with homogeneous anisotropy. In this thesis we start by exploring the geometric phase gradient of light when it passes through inhomogeneous anisotropic materials and observe the SOI effects resulting from this. Next, we use polarization tailored cylindrically symmetric beams incident on homogeneous isotropic/anisotropic media to observe rotational spin-hall effect of light. Finally, we use beams with cylindrical symmetry broken polarizations (generated with SLM) to observe angular shift in trajectory of the beam (and hence shift in beam centroid on the screen) for LCP/RCP projections.

Item Type: Thesis (Masters)
Additional Information: Supervisor: Dr. Nirmalya Ghosh
Uncontrolled Keywords: Asymmetrically Polarized Beams; Homogeneous Anisotropy; Inhomogeneous Anisotropic Media; Optical Angular Momenta; Polarization; Rotational SHEL; Spin Orbit Interactions
Subjects: Q Science > QC Physics
Divisions: Department of Physical Sciences
Depositing User: IISER Kolkata Librarian
Date Deposited: 09 Aug 2016 05:48
Last Modified: 09 Aug 2016 05:48
URI: http://eprints.iiserkol.ac.in/id/eprint/380

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