Laser-induced radial birefringence and spin-to-orbital optical angular momentum conversion in silver-doped glasses

Jafar Mostafavi Amjad, Hamid Reza Khalesifard, Sergei Slussarenko +3

Samples of Ag${}^{+}$/Na${}^{+}$ ion-exchanged glass that have been subject to intense laser irradiation may develop novel optical properties, as a consequence of the formation of patter…