Title :
Broken time-reversal and electromagnetic anyon quasiparticles in 2d chiral plasmon nanostructures
Author :
Zheludev, Nikolay I. ; Schwanecke, A.S. ; Potts, A. ; Bagnall, D.M. ; Zayats, A.V. ; Wright, E.M.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Phys. & Astron., Southampton Univ.
Abstract :
We demonstrate that optical excitations in chiral plasmon nanostructures exhibit broken time reversal symmetry and fractional electromagnetic angular momentum, both of which are essential characteristics of anyon quasiparticles
Keywords :
anyons; chirowaveguides; excited states; gold; metallic thin films; nanostructured materials; surface plasmons; symmetry; 2D chiral plasmon nanostructures; anyon quasiparticles; fractional electromagnetic angular momentum; optical excitations; time reversal symmetry;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics Conference, 2004. (IQEC). International
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-778-4
