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Chirality and the angular momentum of light

Cameron, Robert P. and Goette, Jörg B. and Barnett, Stephen M. and Yao, Alison M. (2017) Chirality and the angular momentum of light. Philosophical Transactions A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 375 (2087). ISSN 1364-503X

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Abstract

Chirality is exhibited by objects that cannot be rotated into their mirror images. It is far from obvious that this has anything to do with the angular momentum of light, which owes its existence to rotational symmetries. There is nevertheless a subtle connection between chirality and the angular momentum of light. We demonstrate this connection and, in particular, its significance in the context of chiral light-matter interactions.

Item type: Article
ID code: 57524
Notes: There are no EPSRC-related datasets associated with this publication.
Keywords: chirality, optical angular momentum, molecules, physical chemistry, Optics. Light, Physical and theoretical chemistry, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Engineering(all), Mathematics(all)
Subjects: Science > Physics > Optics. Light
Science > Chemistry > Physical and theoretical chemistry
Department: Faculty of Science > Physics
Depositing user: Pure Administrator
Date deposited: 24 Aug 2016 08:52
Last modified: 30 Mar 2019 15:44
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URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/57524
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