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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
