Twisted-Light-Ion Interaction: The Role of Longitudinal Fields

The propagation of light beams is well described using the paraxial approximation, where field components along the propagation direction are usually neglected. For strongly inhomogeneous or shaped light fields, however, this approximation may fail, leading to intriguing variations of the light-matt...

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Publicado: 2017
Materias:
Electric fields
Trapped ions
Light-matter interactions
Longitudinal components
Longitudinal fields
Paraxial approximations
Propagation direction
Propagation of lights
Quadrupole transition
Standard deviation
Light propagation
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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_00319007_v119_n25_p_Quinteiro
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spelling paper:paper_00319007_v119_n25_p_Quinteiro2023-06-08T14:58:21Z Twisted-Light-Ion Interaction: The Role of Longitudinal Fields Electric fields Trapped ions Light-matter interactions Longitudinal components Longitudinal fields Paraxial approximations Propagation direction Propagation of lights Quadrupole transition Standard deviation Light propagation The propagation of light beams is well described using the paraxial approximation, where field components along the propagation direction are usually neglected. For strongly inhomogeneous or shaped light fields, however, this approximation may fail, leading to intriguing variations of the light-matter interaction. This is the case of twisted light having opposite orbital and spin angular momenta. We compare experimental data for the excitation of a quadrupole transition in a single trapped Ca+40 ion from Schmiegelow et al. [Nat. Commun. 7, 12998 (2016)NCAOBW2041-172310.1038/ncomms12998] with a complete model where longitudinal components of the electric field are taken into account. Our model matches the experimental data and excludes by 11 standard deviations the approximation of a complete transverse field. This demonstrates the relevance of all field components for the interaction of twisted light with matter. © 2017 American Physical Society. 2017 https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_00319007_v119_n25_p_Quinteiro http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_00319007_v119_n25_p_Quinteiro
institution Universidad de Buenos Aires
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collection Biblioteca Digital - Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (UBA)
topic Electric fields
Trapped ions
Light-matter interactions
Longitudinal components
Longitudinal fields
Paraxial approximations
Propagation direction
Propagation of lights
Quadrupole transition
Standard deviation
Light propagation
spellingShingle Electric fields
Trapped ions
Light-matter interactions
Longitudinal components
Longitudinal fields
Paraxial approximations
Propagation direction
Propagation of lights
Quadrupole transition
Standard deviation
Light propagation
Twisted-Light-Ion Interaction: The Role of Longitudinal Fields
topic_facet Electric fields
Trapped ions
Light-matter interactions
Longitudinal components
Longitudinal fields
Paraxial approximations
Propagation direction
Propagation of lights
Quadrupole transition
Standard deviation
Light propagation
description The propagation of light beams is well described using the paraxial approximation, where field components along the propagation direction are usually neglected. For strongly inhomogeneous or shaped light fields, however, this approximation may fail, leading to intriguing variations of the light-matter interaction. This is the case of twisted light having opposite orbital and spin angular momenta. We compare experimental data for the excitation of a quadrupole transition in a single trapped Ca+40 ion from Schmiegelow et al. [Nat. Commun. 7, 12998 (2016)NCAOBW2041-172310.1038/ncomms12998] with a complete model where longitudinal components of the electric field are taken into account. Our model matches the experimental data and excludes by 11 standard deviations the approximation of a complete transverse field. This demonstrates the relevance of all field components for the interaction of twisted light with matter. © 2017 American Physical Society.
title Twisted-Light-Ion Interaction: The Role of Longitudinal Fields
title_short Twisted-Light-Ion Interaction: The Role of Longitudinal Fields
title_full Twisted-Light-Ion Interaction: The Role of Longitudinal Fields
title_fullStr Twisted-Light-Ion Interaction: The Role of Longitudinal Fields
title_full_unstemmed Twisted-Light-Ion Interaction: The Role of Longitudinal Fields
title_sort twisted-light-ion interaction: the role of longitudinal fields
publishDate 2017
url https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_00319007_v119_n25_p_Quinteiro
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_00319007_v119_n25_p_Quinteiro
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