Orbital angular momentum (OAM)
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Orbital angular momentum (OAM) light beams are defined as a type of structured light beams, which are light fields with tailored spatial structure. Often referred to as vortex beams, they have donut-shaped intensity profiles and twisted helical phase fronts which are dependent on the OAM order. Because of these unique characteristics, OAM light beams have captured the interest of scientists in the optics community over the last two decades and have given rise to a number of developments in different applications including astronomy, microscopy, imaging, metrology, sensing, and optical communications. While early experimental studies using OAM involved systems in which the OAM was used to set into rotation a microscopic object held in optical tweezers, currently, OAM plays a key role to facilitate the effective scaling of transmission capacity in optical communication systems.
This Collection presents original research in OAM that explores its fascinating properties as well as its uses in a number of timely applications.
Editors
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Baifei Shen
Shanghai Normal University, China
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Yutaka Shikano
Gunma University, Japan
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Xinxing Zhou
Hunan Normal University, China
Baifei Shen is Professor in the Department of Physics at Shanghai Normal University in China. He specializes in high field laser physics, including laser driven acceleration and radiation, physics of angular momentum, and physics of QED. Prof Shen has been an Editorial Board Member for Scientific Reports since 2015.
Yutaka Shikano is an Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Gunma University, Japan and an Affiliated member of the Institute for Quantum Studies, Chapman University, USA. His research interests include quantum foundations, quantum measurement theory, quantum sensing, quantum information science, and photophysics. Prof Shikano has been an Editorial Board Member for Scientific Reports since 2015.
Xinxing Zhou is currently an Associate Professor at the School of Physics and Electronics, Hunan Normal University, China. His research interests include spin-orbit coupling of light, weak measurements and photonic spin hall effect. Prof Zhou has been an Editorial Board Member for Scientific Reports since 2019.
