Abstract

We study the interaction between spin and orbital components of the angular momentum of electromagnetic waves in the sum-frequency generation process on a surface of the nonlinear isotropic chiral medium within undepleted pump approximation. Both bulk and near-surface responses of the medium are taken into account. Classical and quantum explanations of particular features of three-wave mixing on the surface of a nonlinear medium are presented.

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Interconversion between the orbital and spin angular momentum of light beams in three-wave mixing processes in the bulk of an isotropic chiral medium

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Opt. Lett. 43(21) 5182-5185 (2018)

Transformation of spin and orbital angular momentum in second-harmonic generation process at oblique incidence of light from the surface of an isotropic medium with spatial dispersion of quadratic nonlinearity

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Opt. Lett. 46(6) 1245-1248 (2021)

Interconversion between OAM and SAM in five-wave mixing process in medium with the fourth-order optical susceptibility

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Opt. Lett. 47(6) 1307-1310 (2022)

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Tailoring diffraction of light carrying orbital angular momenta

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