Title :
Spin symmetry breaking in thermal emission
Author :
Hasman, Erez ; Kleiner, Vladimir ; Frischwasser, Kobi ; Dahan, Nir ; Gorodetski, Yuri ; Balin, Igal
Author_Institution :
Micro & Nanooptics Lab., Technion - Israel Inst. of Technol., Haifa, Israel
Abstract :
We report on a spin-symmetry breaking in thermal radiation from a coupled thermal antenna array, supporting localized phonon-polaritons, whose local anisotropy axis is rotated in space.
Keywords :
antenna arrays; light scattering; spontaneous emission; spontaneous symmetry breaking; coupled thermal antenna array; local anisotropy axis; localized phonon-polaritons; spin symmetry breaking; thermal emission; thermal radiation; Antenna arrays; Antenna measurements; Arrays; Dispersion; Optical surface waves;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
