Title :
Optical activity in achiral metamaterials
Author :
Plum, Eric ; Liu, Xing-Xiang ; Fedotov, Vassili A. ; Chen, Yifang ; Tsai, Din Ping ; Zheludev, Nikolay I.
Author_Institution :
Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Univ. of Southampton, Southampton, UK
Abstract :
We demonstrate strong optical activity (and circular dichroism) for both microwave and photonic achiral planar metamaterials. The effect arises from extrinsic chirality resulting from oblique incidence of light onto the metamaterial structures.
Keywords :
circular dichroism; metamaterials; microwave materials; nanophotonics; optical materials; optical rotation; circular dichroism; extrinsic chirality; microwave achiral planar metamaterials; oblique incidence light; optical activity; photonic achiral planar metamaterials; photonic nanostructured material; Aluminum; Electromagnetic wave polarization; Gyrotropism; Metamaterials; Mirrors; Optical arrays; Optical films; Optical interconnections; Optical polarization; Physics; (160.3918) Metamaterials; (160.4760) Optical properties;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
