Frame dragging with optical vortices
dc.creator | Strohaber, James | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2011-12-23T05:07:04Z | |
dc.date.available | 2011-12-23T05:07:04Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2011-12-22 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/128058 | |
dc.description.abstract | General Relativistic calculations in the linear regime have been made for electromagnetic beams of radiation known as optical vortices. These exotic beams of light carry a physical quantity known as optical orbital angular momentum (OAM). It is found that when a massive spinning neutral particle is placed along the optical axis, a phenomenon known as inertial frame dragging occurs. Our results are compared with those found previously for a ring laser and an order of magnitude estimate of the laser intensity needed for a precession frequency of 1 Hz is given for these "steady" beams of light. | en |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.subject | General Relativity | en |
dc.subject | Lasers | en |
dc.subject | Femtosecond | en |
dc.subject | Optical vortices | en |
dc.title | Frame dragging with optical vortices | en |
dc.type | Article | en |
local.department | Physics and Astronomy | en |
dc.rights.requestable | false | en |