Measurement of Surface Plasmon Polariton Enhanced Goos–Hanchen Shift Based on Grating and Liquid Crystal Technologies

Author

Huang, Zhang-Di ; Li, Su-Shan ; Wu, Zi-jian ; Xu, Fei ; Hu, Wei ; Lu, Yan-qing

Author_Institution

Nat. Lab. of Solid State Microstructures, Nanjing Univ., Nanjing, China

Volume

23

Issue

23

fYear

2011

Firstpage

1829

Lastpage

1831

Abstract

We measured the surface plasmon polariton (SPP) enhanced Goos-Hanchen (GH) shift based on liquid crystal (LC) and grating technologies. An optical setup is used to convert the spatial displacement to incidence angle variation to a Littrow mounted diffraction grating. As a consequence, the GH shift information could be obtained from the back-reflected center wavelength that fulfills the Littrow condition. An LC cell is used to adjust the polarization state of the incident light without mechanical movement. About 10- μm GH shift difference between transverse-electric (TE) and transverse-magnetic (TM) mode lights were measured associated with the SPP excitation. The corresponding center wavelength shift of the returned beam is 404 pm. The relationship between energy conversion and GH shift is also investigated.

Keywords

diffraction gratings; light polarisation; liquid crystal devices; optical variables measurement; polaritons; reflectivity; surface plasmons; Littrow mounted diffraction grating; back-reflected center wavelength; energy conversion; enhanced Goos-Hanchen shift; incidence angle variation; liquid crystal cells; polarisation state; spatial displacement; surface plasmon polariton excitation; transverse-electric mode; transverse-magnetic mode; Diffraction gratings; Gratings; Optical polarization; Optical reflection; Optical sensors; Optical surface waves; Plasmons; Goos–Hanchen (GH) shift; liquid crystal (LC); surface plasmon polariton (SPP);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2011.2170059

Filename

6030919