Mode structure and orbital angular momentum of spatiotemporal optical vortex (STOV) pulses

Abstract

We identify a class of modal solutions for spatio-temporal optical vortex (STOV) electromagnetic pulses propagating in dispersive media with orbital angular momentum (OAM) orthogonal to propagation. We find that symmetric STOVs in vacuum can carry half-integer intrinsic orbital angular momentum (OAM); for general asymmetric STOVs in a dispersive medium, the OAM is quantized in integer multiples of a parameter that depends on the STOV symmetry and the group velocity dispersion. Our results suggest that STOVs propagating in dispersive media are accompanied by a polariton-like quasiparticle. The modal theory is in excellent agreement with measurements of free space propagation of STOVs.

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