DocumentCode
732615
Title
A new type of optical activity in a toroidal metamaterial
Author
Raybould, T.A. ; Fedotov, V.A. ; Papsimakis, N. ; Youngs, I. ; Chen, W.T. ; Tsai, D.P. ; Zheludev, N.I.
Author_Institution
Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Univ. of Southampton, Southampton, UK
fYear
2015
fDate
10-15 May 2015
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We demonstrate experimentally and numerically the first ever observation of optical activity in a chiral metamaterial that is underpinned by the exotic resonant combination of an electric quadrupole and the elusive toroidal dipole.
Keywords
chirality; optical metamaterials; optical rotation; chiral metamaterial; electric quadrupole; elusive toroidal dipole; exotic resonant combination; optical activity; toroidal metamaterial; Biomedical optical imaging; Magnetic materials; Metamaterials; Optical device fabrication; Optical imaging; Optical polarization; Optical ring resonators;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA
Type
conf
Filename
7183050
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