• DocumentCode
    1687559
  • Title

    Out-of-plane reflection and refraction of light by plasmonic interfaces with phase discontinuities

  • Author

    Aieta, Francesco ; Genevet, Patrice ; Yu, Nanfang ; Kats, Mikhail A. ; Gaburro, Zeno ; Capasso, Federico

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Eng. & Appl. Sci., Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA, USA
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Three-dimensional laws of reflection and refraction are derived and demonstrated for optically thin interfaces that impart to the incident wavefront a phase gradient. The tangential wavevector provided by the interface creates out-of-plane reflection and refraction.
  • Keywords
    light reflection; light refraction; plasmonics; incident wavefront; light refraction; optically thin interfaces; out-of-plane light reflection; phase discontinuity; phase gradient; plasmonic interface; tangential wavevector; three-dimensional reflection laws; three-dimensional refraction laws; Arrays; Educational institutions; Optical reflection; Optical refraction; Plasmons;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1839-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6326943