scholarly journals Angular momentum of light revisited: spin-orbit interactions in free space

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Konstantin Y. Bliokh ◽  
Miguel A. Alonso ◽  
Elena A. Ostrovskaya
Keyword(s):  
Angular Momentum ◽  
Free Space ◽  
Spin Orbit ◽  
Spin Orbit Interactions

scholarly journals Spin-orbit interactions of transverse sound

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shubo Wang ◽  
Guanqing Zhang ◽  
Xulong Wang ◽  
Qing Tong ◽  
Jensen Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Angular Momentum ◽  
Geometric Phase ◽  
Negative Refraction ◽  
Spin Orbit ◽  
Phase Effect ◽  
Acoustic Activity ◽  
Hall Effects ◽  
Spin Orbit Interactions ◽  
Spin Hall Effects ◽  
Transverse Sound

AbstractSpin-orbit interactions (SOIs) endow light with intriguing properties and applications such as photonic spin-Hall effects and spin-dependent vortex generations. However, it is counterintuitive that SOIs can exist for sound, which is a longitudinal wave that carries no intrinsic spin. Here, we theoretically and experimentally demonstrate that airborne sound can possess artificial transversality in an acoustic micropolar metamaterial and thus carry both spin and orbital angular momentum. This enables the realization of acoustic SOIs with rich phenomena beyond those in conventional acoustic systems. We demonstrate that acoustic activity of the metamaterial can induce coupling between the spin and linear crystal momentum k, which leads to negative refraction of the transverse sound. In addition, we show that the scattering of the transverse sound by a dipole particle can generate spin-dependent acoustic vortices via the geometric phase effect. The acoustic SOIs can provide new perspectives and functionalities for sound manipulations beyond the conventional scalar degree of freedom and may open an avenue to the development of spin-orbit acoustics.

Spin generation and manipulation based on spin-orbit interaction in semiconductors

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Nitta
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Orbit Interaction ◽  
Degree Of Freedom ◽  
Effective Magnetic Field ◽  
Spin Orbit ◽  
Spin Orbit Interaction ◽  
Spin Degree ◽  
Dimensional Electron Gas ◽  
Spin Orbit Interactions ◽  
Electrical Generation

This chapter focuses on the electron spin degree of freedom in semiconductor spintronics. In particular, the electrostatic control of the spin degree of freedom is an advantageous technology over metal-based spintronics. Spin–orbit interaction (SOI), which gives rise to an effective magnetic field. The essence of SOI is that the moving electrons in an electric field feel an effective magnetic field even without any external magnetic field. Rashba spin–orbit interaction is important since the strength is controlled by the gate voltage on top of the semiconductor’s two-dimensional electron gas. By utilizing the effective magnetic field induced by the SOI, spin generation and manipulation are possible by electrostatic ways. The origin of spin-orbit interactions in semiconductors and the electrical generation and manipulation of spins by electrical means are discussed. Long spin coherence is achieved by special spin helix state where both strengths of Rashba and Dresselhaus SOI are equal.

scholarly journals Intersystem crossing processes in the 2CzPN emitter: a DFT/MRCI study including vibrational spin–orbit interactions

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (5) ◽  
pp. 3668-3678
Author(s):  
Angela Rodriguez-Serrano ◽  
Fabian Dinkelbach ◽  
Christel M. Marian
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Chemical Calculations ◽  
Quantum Chemical ◽  
Intersystem Crossing ◽  
Spin Orbit ◽  
Spin Orbit Interactions

Multireference quantum chemical calculations were performed in order to investigate the (reverse) intersystem crossing ((R)ISC) mechanisms of 4,5-di(9H-carbazol-9-yl)-phthalonitrile (2CzPN).

scholarly journals Perspectives on advances in high-capacity, free-space communications using multiplexing of orbital-angular-momentum beams

APL Photonics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 030901
Author(s):  
Alan E. Willner ◽  
Zhe Zhao ◽  
Cong Liu ◽  
Runzhou Zhang ◽  
Haoqian Song ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Angular Momentum ◽  
Orbital Angular Momentum ◽  
Free Space ◽  
High Capacity ◽  
Space Communications
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