3 papers
physics.optics2026
Topological Control of Chirality and Spin with Structured Light
Light Mkhumbuza, Pedro Ornelas, Angela Dudley +2
Structured light beams with engineered topological properties offer a powerful means to control spin angular momentum (SAM) and optical chirality, key quantities shaped by spin-orb…
physics.optics2024
Laguerre-Gaussian modes become elegant after an azimuthal phase modulation
Vasilios Cocotos, Light Mkhumbuza, Kayn A. Forbes +3
Laguerre-Gaussian (LG) modes are solutions of the paraxial Helmholtz equation in cylindrical coordinates and are associated with light fields carrying orbital angular momentum (OAM…
physics.optics2024
Emulating a quantum Maxwell's demon with non-separable structured light
Edgar Medina-Segura, Paola C. Obando, Light Mkhumbuza +6
Maxwell's demon (MD) has proven an instructive vehicle by which to explore the relationship between information theory and thermodynamics, fueling the possibility of information dr…