Title :
Spinoptics: Dynamics of spinning light in nanoscale-structure
Author :
Hasman, Erez ; Gorodetski, Yuri ; Bliokh, Konstantin Y. ; Niv, Avi ; Kleiner, Vladimir
Author_Institution :
Micro & Nanooptics Lab., Technion - Israel Inst. of Technol., Haifa, Israel
Abstract :
Observation of optical spin-Hall effect that appears when a wave carrying spin angular momentum interacts with plasmonic nanostructures is presented. The measurements verify the geometric phase, demonstrated by the spin-dependent deflection of the surface waves.
Keywords :
Hall effect; angular momentum; plasmonics; quantum optics; quantum theory; spin; nanoscale structure; optical spin Hall effect; plasmonic nanostructure; spin dependent deflection; spinning light; spinoptics; surface waves; wave carrying spin angular momentum; Berry phase; Lighting; Nanostructures; Optical microscopy; Optical polarization; Optical surface waves; Plasmons; Spinning; Spirals; Surface waves; (180.4243) Near-field microscopy; (240.6680) Surface plasmons; (260.5430) Polarization; (50.1370) Berry´s phase;
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
