Title :
Giant optical activity of planar chiral nanostructures and circularly-polarized light emission
Author :
Konishi, Kuniaki ; Kuwata-Gonokami, Makoto
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Appl. Phys., Univ. of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
We demonstrated large optical activity in the zeroth-order transmission with metal and dielectric planar chiral nanogratings enhanced by surface-plasmon or waveguide resonances; and observed circularly-polarized emission from the semiconductor chiral nanogratings with quantum dots.
Keywords :
chirality; diffraction gratings; light polarisation; light transmission; semiconductor quantum dots; surface plasmon resonance; circularly-polarized emission; circularly-polarized light emission; dielectric planar chiral nanogratings; giant optical activity; metal; planar chiral nanostructures; quantum dots; semiconductor chiral nanogratings; surface-plasmon resonances; waveguide resonances; zeroth-order transmission; Dielectrics; Optical planar waveguides; Optical surface waves; Optical waveguides; Planar waveguides; Resonance; Semiconductor nanostructures; Semiconductor waveguides; Stimulated emission; Surface waves; chirality; optical activity; photonic crystal; surface plasmon; waveguide;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers & Electro Optics & The Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009. CLEO/PACIFIC RIM '09. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3829-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3830-3
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2009.5292299
