348 citations · 348 across the 2 of their papers we have counts for
3 papers
physics.optics2020
Chirality and helicity of optical vortices of small beam waists
Koray Koksal, Mohamed Babiker, Vassilis E. Lembessis +1
The chirality and helicity of linearly polarised Laguerre-Gaussian (LG) beams are examined. Such a type of light possesses a substantial longitudinal field when its beam waist is s…
quant-ph2018
Cold atoms interacting with highly twisted laser beams mimic the forces involved in Millikan's experiment
V. E. Lembessis
This paper considers the analogy between the force exerted on cold atoms when they interact with a highly twisted tightly focused laser beam and the forces exerted on a charged die…
physics.optics2006★ 348 cited
Optical ferris wheel for ultracold atoms
S. Franke-Arnold, J. Leach, M. J. Padgett +6
We propose a versatile optical ring lattice suitable for trapping cold and quantum degenerate atomic samples at discrete angular positions. We demonstrate the realisation of intens…