2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Interactions between materials and the light with the helicoidalwavefront structure through the orbital angular momentum of photons
| Project/Area Number |
22654033
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Condensed matter physics I
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| Research Institution | Tokyo Institute of Technology |
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Principal Investigator |
ARAOKA Fumito 東京工業大学, 大学院・理工学研究科, 助教 (10467029)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2010 – 2012
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| Keywords | 光物性 |
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| Research Abstract |
This study is aimed at discussing the possibility of chiral interactions in linear- and/or nonlinear optical effect between chiral materials and a helically propagating light carrying orbital angular momentum, so called, Laguerre-Gaussan beam. Giant domains of the B4 helicalnanofilament phase of bent-core molecules are mainly investigated by several different optical schemes. However, no significant effect could be observed in these optical processes. This result is consistent with experiments and discussions reported by other research groups.
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