• DocumentCode
    444371
  • Title

    Large reciprocal polarization rotation in planar chiral metal nanostructures

  • Author

    Kuwata-Gonokami, Makoto ; Saito, Nobuyoshi ; Ino, Yusuke ; Kauranen, Martti ; Jefimovs, Konstantins ; Vallius, Tuomas ; Turunen, Jari ; Svirko, Yuni

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Appl. Phys., Tokyo Univ., Japan
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    22-27 May 2005
  • Firstpage
    1094
  • Abstract
    We observe large reciprocal rotation in quasi-2D chiral metal gratings. The effect originates from asymmetric coupling of surface modes centered at the air and substrate interfaces and violates neither reciprocity nor reversality of light-matter interaction.
  • Keywords
    chirality; diffraction gratings; light polarisation; metals; nanostructured materials; optical rotation; air-substrate interfaces; light-matter interaction; planar chiral metal nanostructure; quasi2D chiral metal gratings; reciprocal polarization rotation; surface modes asymmetric coupling; Azimuth; Diffraction; Electromagnetic wave polarization; Gratings; Nanostructures; Optical materials; Optical polarization; Optical sensors; Plasma measurements; Plasmons;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2005. QELS '05
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-796-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/QELS.2005.1549041
  • Filename
    1549041