Commutation rules and eigenvalues of spin and orbital angular momentum of radiation fields

SJ Van Enk, G Nienhuis - Journal of Modern Optics, 1994 - Taylor & Francis
We investigate the separation of the total angular momentum J of the electromagnetic field
into a ‘spin’ part S and an ‘orbital’ part L. We show that both ‘spin’ and ‘orbital’ angular …

Spin and orbital angular momentum of photons

SJ Van Enk, G Nienhuis - Europhysics Letters, 1994 - iopscience.iop.org
We consider the separation of the total angular momentum of the electromagnetic field into a"
spin" and an" orbital" part. Though this separation is normally considered to be unphysical …

Eigenfunction description of laser beams and orbital angular momentum of light

SJ Van Enk, G Nienhuis - Optics Communications, 1992 - Elsevier
The propagation of light beams through astigmatic lens systems is accompanied by a transfer
of orbital angular momentum. We develop a method to describe propagating light beams …

Paraxial wave optics and harmonic oscillators

G Nienhuis, L Allen - Physical Review A, 1993 - APS
The operator algebra of the quantum harmonic oscillator is applied to the description of
Gaussian modes of a laser beam. Higher-order modes of the Hermite-Gaussian or the Laguerre-…

Impressed by light: Mechanical action of radiation on atomic motion

G Nienhuis - Physics Reports, 1986 - Elsevier
Intense light can exert a mechanical action on the motion of atoms in two quite distinct ways.
The resonance radiation force is based upon the exchange of photon momentum between …

Nonlinear selective reflection from an atomic vapor at arbitrary incidence angle

G Nienhuis, F Schuller, M Ducloy - Physical Review A, 1988 - APS
We calculate the reflection coefficient for a light beam incident on the interface between a
dielectric and a resonant atomic vapor to first order in the dipole polarization in the vapor. The …

A self-consistent fluid model for radio-frequency discharges in compared to experiments

GJ Nienhuis, WJ Goedheer, EAG Hamers… - Journal of applied …, 1997 - pubs.aip.org
A one-dimensional fluid model for radio-frequency glow discharges is presented which
describes silane/hydrogen discharges that are used for the deposition of amorphous silicon ( a -…

Doppler effect induced by rotating lenses

G Nienhuis - Optics communications, 1996 - Elsevier
The orbital angular momentum inherent to light beams with a helical wavefront can be
transferred to non-isotropic lenses. A system of three cylindrical lenses suffices to transform an …

Two simple expressions for the spontaneous emission factor β

MP Van Exter, G Nienhuis, JP Woerdman - Physical Review A, 1996 - APS
In the literature two different simplified expressions exist for the spontaneous emission factor
β, being the fraction of spontaneous emission radiated into a specific optical mode. These …

How to observe high-dimensional two-photon entanglement with only two detectors

SSR Oemrawsingh, A Aiello, ER Eliel, G Nienhuis… - Physical Review Letters, 2004 - APS
We propose a novel setup to investigate the entanglement of orbital angular momentum states
living in a high-dimensional Hilbert space. We incorporate noninteger spiral phase plates …