Relevance of Longitudinal Fields of Paraxial Optical Vortices
arXiv:2012.09555 · doi:10.1088/2040-8986/abff96
Abstract
Longitudinal electromagnetic fields generally become comparable with the usually dominant transverse components in strongly-focussed, non-paraxial beams. For optical vortex modes it is highlighted here how their angular momentum properties produce longitudinal fields that in general must be accounted for, even within the paraxial regime. First-order longitudinal components of quantized Laguerre-Gaussian modes are derived and numerically studied with respect to the paraxial parameter, highlighting light-matter and spin-orbit interactions that stem from longitudinal fields of weakly-focussed, paraxial beams in free space. New restrictions are cast on the validity of the paraxial approximation for optical vortices interacting with atoms, molecules and other nanostructures.
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