Title :
Photon spin induced collective electron motion on a metasurface
Author :
Xingjie Ni ; Jun Xiao ; Sui Yang ; Yuan Wang ; Xiang Zhang
Author_Institution :
NSF Nanoscale Sci. & Eng. Center, Univ. of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
Abstract :
Strong spin-orbit interaction can be induced by light-bending metasurfaces. We show that the photon spin momentum can be directly transferred to collective motion of electrons on a conductive metasurface with this interaction.
Keywords :
optical metamaterials; spin-orbit interactions; conductive metasurface; light-bending metasurfaces; photon spin induced collective electron motion; photon spin momentum; spin-orbit interaction; Current measurement; Extraterrestrial measurements; Optical polarization; Photonics; Plasmons; Temperature measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
