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The Intrinsic Angular - Momentum of Particles and the Resolution of the Spin-Statistics Theorem
Enrico Santamato, Francesco De Martini
The traditional Standard Quantum Mechanics (SQM) theory is unable to solve the Spin-s problem, i.e., to justify the utterly important "Pauli Exclusion Principle". A complete and st…
Weyl-invariant derivation of Dirac equation from scalar tensor fields in curved space-time
Enrico Santamato, Francesco De Martini
In this work we present a derivation of Dirac's equation in a curved space-time starting from a Weyl-invariant action principle in 4+K dimensions. The Weyl invariance of Dirac's eq…
Geometric-Phase Waveplates for Free-Form Dark Hollow beams
Bruno Piccirillo, Ester Piedipalumbo, Enrico Santamato
We demonstrate the possibility to create optical beams with phase singularities engraved into exotic intensity landscapes imitating the shapes of a large variety of diverse plane c…
Multi-twist polarization ribbon topologies in highly-confined optical fields
Thomas Bauer, Peter Banzer, Frédéric Bouchard +6
Electromagnetic plane waves, solutions to Maxwell's equations, are said to be `transverse' in vacuum. Namely, the waves' oscillatory electric and magnetic fields are confined withi…
Flat polarization-controlled cylindrical lens based on the Pancharatnam-Berry geometric phase
Bruno Piccirillo, Michela Florinda Picardi, Lorenzo Marrucci +1
The working principle of ordinary refractive lenses can be explained in terms of the space-variant optical phase retardations they introduce, which reshape the optical wavefront cu…
Detection of Zak phases and topological invariants in a chiral quantum walk of twisted photons
F. Cardano, A. D'Errico, A. Dauphin +9
Topological insulators are fascinating states of matter exhibiting protected edge states and robust quantized features in their bulk. Here, we propose and validate experimentally a…