Photon total angular momentum manipulation

Lang Li; Yingchi Guo; Zhichao Zhang; Zijun Shang; Chen Li; Jiaqi Wang; Liliang Gao; Lan Hai; Chunqing Gao; Shiyao Fu

doi:10.1117/1.AP.5.5.056002

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