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orbital angular momentum of light: a standalone construct

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angular momentum carried by beams with a helical phase front, such as Laguerre-Gaussian modes, proportional to the number of phase windings.

In optics, orbital angular momentum of light refers to angular momentum carried by beams with a helical phase front, such as Laguerre-Gaussian modes, proportional to the number of phase windings. This meaning comes from Allen (1992) in Physical Review A.[1]

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Allen, L., Beijersbergen, M. W., Spreeuw, R. J. C., & Woerdman, J. P. (1992). Orbital angular momentum of light and the transformation of Laguerre-Gaussian laser modes. Physical Review A, 45(11), 8185-8189. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.45.8185

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