DocumentCode
499255
Title
Optical activity in achiral metamaterials
Author
Plum, Eric ; Liu, Xing-Xiang ; Fedotov, Vassili A. ; Chen, Yifang ; Tsai, Din Ping ; Zheludev, Nikolay I.
Author_Institution
Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Univ. of Southampton, Southampton, UK
fYear
2009
fDate
2-4 June 2009
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We demonstrate strong optical activity (and circular dichroism) for both microwave and photonic achiral planar metamaterials. The effect arises from extrinsic chirality resulting from oblique incidence of light onto the metamaterial structures.
Keywords
circular dichroism; metamaterials; microwave materials; nanophotonics; optical materials; optical rotation; circular dichroism; extrinsic chirality; microwave achiral planar metamaterials; oblique incidence light; optical activity; photonic achiral planar metamaterials; photonic nanostructured material; Aluminum; Electromagnetic wave polarization; Gyrotropism; Metamaterials; Mirrors; Optical arrays; Optical films; Optical interconnections; Optical polarization; Physics; (160.3918) Metamaterials; (160.4760) Optical properties;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
Conference_Location
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN
978-1-55752-869-8
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-55752-869-8
Type
conf
Filename
5224334
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