Optical Vortex and Chiral Interactions between (Topological) Light and Materials

A special issue of Symmetry (ISSN 2073-8994).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2019)

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

In contrast to circularly polarized light carrying spin angular momentum, optical vortex (topological light of the Laguerre-Gaussian mode) carries orbital angular momentum, as observed by Allen in 1992. Since then, many studies on optical vortex have been reported in view of, predominantly, optical physics. Recently, the optical vortex has resulted in helical manipulations of soft materials on the surface, as well as the rotation of nanomaterials, due to optical torque of the optical vortex. However, there are only a few examples of interactions between optical vortex and (photo-sensitive) matter. In order to overview the light-induced chirality of various materials at the present level, interactions or effects on “chirality” of “materials” by “topological light”, such as the optical vortex, as well as circularly polarized light, coherent light (such as laser or free electron laser), or conventional linearly polarized light, will be collected in this Special Issue.

Prof. Dr. Takashiro Akitsu
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • Chirality
  • Optical vortex
  • Circularly polarized light
  • Topological light
  • Angular momentum
  • Light and matter interaction
  • Photo-sensitive materials
  • Chiral materials

Published Papers

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