An orbital energy flow and a spin flow at the tight focus
Affiliation:
1. IPSI RAS – Branch of the FSRC "Crystallography and Photonics" RAS, 443001, Samara, Russia, Molodogvardeyskaya 151; Samara National Research University, 443086, Samara, Russia, Moskovskoye Shosse 34
Abstract
We have shown that a reverse energy flow (negative projection of the Poynting vector onto the optical axis) at the sharp focus of an optical vortex with topological charge 2 and left-hand circular polarization arises because the axial spin flow has a negative projection onto the optical axis and is greater in magnitude than positive projection onto the optical axis of the orbital energy flow (canonical energy flow). Also, using the Richards-Wolf formulas, it is shown that when focusing a left-handed circularly polarized light, in the region of the on-axis reverse energy flow, the light is right-handed circularly polarized.
Funder
Russian Science Foundation
Russian Foundation for Basic Research
Publisher
Samara State National Research University
Subject
Electrical and Electronic Engineering,Computer Science Applications,Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics