Title :
Ohmic loss produces chiral dichroism in plasmonic metasurfaces: First experimental demonstration
Author :
Arju, Nihal ; Feng Lu ; Jongwon Lee ; Schnell, Martin ; Khanikaev, Alexander ; Hillenbrand, Rainer ; Belkin, Mikhail A. ; Shvets, Gennady
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Univ. of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
Abstract :
A combination of experimental techniques is used to demonstrate that optical field concentration and Ohmic losses in planar chiral plasmonic metasurfaces depends on the handedness of circularly polarized light. Chiral dischroism in transmission is demonstrated.
Keywords :
dichroism; light polarisation; light transmission; optical losses; optical metamaterials; plasmonics; Ohmic losses; chiral dichroism; circularly polarized light handedness; optical field concentration; planar chiral plasmonic metasurfaces; transmission; Optical device fabrication; Optical losses; Optical polarization; Optical reflection; Optical variables measurement; Plasmons; Propagation losses;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
