Demonstration of spin-orbit interaction of a photon in a multimode rectilinear optical fiber

Abstract

An experimental set up for demonstration and investigation of the spin-orbit interaction of a photon under polarized light propagation through a multimode rectilinear optical fiber is proposed. The influence of the trajectory on the light polarization can be observed under linear polarized skew ray's propagation. The angle of plane polarization rotation depends on the angle of incidence. The influence of the light polarization on the trajectory can be observed under circular polarized skew ray's propagation. The angle of the speckle pattern rotation under circular polarization sign change depends on the angle of incidence too. © ETOP 2009.