Title :
Tailoring polarization state of spoof surface plasmons with chiral metal surfaces
Author :
Khanikaev, Alexander B. ; Mousavi, S. Hossein ; Neuner, Burton, III ; Shvets, Gennady
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Univ. of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
Abstract :
Spoof surface modes with engineered polarization state are predicted to exist at structured conducting surfaces with planar chirality. We confirm experimentally that excitation of these modes by incident light results in polarization rotation.
Keywords :
chirality; light polarisation; optical dispersion; surface plasmons; chiral metal surfaces; engineered polarization state; excitation; incident light; planar chirality; polarization rotation; spoof surface plasmons; structured conducting surfaces; tailoring polarization state; Films; Metals; Optical polarization; Optical surface waves; Optical variables control; Plasmons; Surface waves;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
