• DocumentCode
    499294
  • Title

    Spinoptics: Dynamics of spinning light in nanoscale-structure

  • Author

    Hasman, Erez ; Gorodetski, Yuri ; Bliokh, Konstantin Y. ; Niv, Avi ; Kleiner, Vladimir

  • Author_Institution
    Micro & Nanooptics Lab., Technion - Israel Inst. of Technol., Haifa, Israel
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    2-4 June 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Observation of optical spin-Hall effect that appears when a wave carrying spin angular momentum interacts with plasmonic nanostructures is presented. The measurements verify the geometric phase, demonstrated by the spin-dependent deflection of the surface waves.
  • Keywords
    Hall effect; angular momentum; plasmonics; quantum optics; quantum theory; spin; nanoscale structure; optical spin Hall effect; plasmonic nanostructure; spin dependent deflection; spinning light; spinoptics; surface waves; wave carrying spin angular momentum; Berry phase; Lighting; Nanostructures; Optical microscopy; Optical polarization; Optical surface waves; Plasmons; Spinning; Spirals; Surface waves; (180.4243) Near-field microscopy; (240.6680) Surface plasmons; (260.5430) Polarization; (50.1370) Berry´s phase;
  • 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
    5224374