Orbit-orbit interaction and photonic orbital Hall effect in reflection of a light beam

Abstract

We examine the orbit—orbit interaction when a paraxial beam with intrinsic orbital angular momentum (IOAM) reflects at an air—glass interface. The orbital-dependent splitting of the beam intensity distribution arises due to the interaction between IOAM and extrinsic orbital angular momentum (EOAM). In addition, we find that the beam centroid shows an orbital-dependent rotation when seen along the propagation axis. However, the motion of the beam centroid related to the orbit—orbit interaction undergoes a straight line trajectory with a small angle inclining from the propagation axis. Similar to a previously developed spin-dependent splitting in the photonic spin Hall effect, the orbital-dependent splitting could lead to the photonic orbital Hall effect.