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Momentum paradox in a vortex core

2005; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 52; Issue: 8 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1080/09500340412331326383

1362-3044

Roberta Zambrini, Laura C. Thomson, Stephen M. Barnett, Miles J. Padgett,

Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies

The identification of angular momentum per photon with optical vortices of charge l appears to require that the field amplitude be zero within a finite distance of the vortex. This, however, is not compatible with the known form of beams such as the Laguerre–Gaussian and Bessel beams. We resolve this paradox by analysing the propagation of a Bessel beam through a small circular aperture, showing that the resulting field has evanescent components.