Sanchez Darryl J, Oesch Denis W
Starfire Optical Range, AFRL/RDS, Kirtland AFB, Albuquerque, NM, USA. AFRL/
Opt Express. 2011 Dec 5;19(25):25388-96. doi: 10.1364/OE.19.025388.
This is the first in a series of papers demonstrating that photons with orbital angular momentum can be created in optical waves propagating through distributed turbulence. The scope of this first paper is much narrower. Here, we demonstrate that atmospheric turbulence can impart non-trivial angular momentum to beams and that this non-trivial angular momentum is highly localized. Furthermore, creation of this angular momentum is a normal part of propagation through atmospheric turbulence.
这是一系列论文中的第一篇，证明了具有轨道角动量的光子可以在通过分布式湍流传播的光波中产生。这第一篇论文的范围要窄得多。在这里，我们证明大气湍流可以将非平凡的角动量赋予光束，并且这种非平凡的角动量高度局域化。此外，这种角动量的产生是通过大气湍流传播的正常组成部分。
