How orbital angular momentum affects beam shifts in optical reflection

Abstract

It is well known that reflection of a Gaussian light beam (${\mathrm{TEM}}_{00}$) by a planar dielectric interface leads to four beam shifts when compared to the geometrical-optics prediction. These are the spatial Goos-H\"anchen (GH) shift, the angular GH shift, the spatial Imbert-Fedorov (IF) shift, and the angular IF shift. We report here, theoretically and experimentally, that endowing the beam with orbital angular momentum leads to coupling of these four shifts; this is described by a $4\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}4$ mixing matrix.