Title :
Circularly polarized light induces transverse voltage in metallic photonic crystal slabs
Author :
Ishihara, Teruya
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Tohoku Univ., Sendai, Japan
Abstract :
When circularly polarized light is obliquely incident on a two-dimensional metallic photonic crystal slabs, electrical voltage is found to be induced perpendicularly to the incident plane at the surface plasmon polariton resonance.
Keywords :
light polarisation; photonic crystals; polaritons; surface plasmon resonance; circular polarization; circularly polarized light; electrical voltage; metallic photonic crystal slabs; photo rectification; surface plasmon polariton resonance; transverse voltage; Optical polarization; Optical pulses; Oscilloscopes; Photonic crystals; Plasmons; Pulse measurements; Resonance; Slabs; Space vector pulse width modulation; Voltage; circular polarization; metallic photonic crystal; photo rectification; surface plasmon polariton;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers & Electro Optics & The Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009. CLEO/PACIFIC RIM '09. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3829-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3830-3
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2009.5292361