Optical manifestations of planar chirality
Optical manifestations of planar chirality
We report that planar chiral structures affect the polarization state of light in a manner similar to three-dimensional chiral (optical active) media. In experiments with artificial metal-on-silicon chiral planar gratings of 442 wallpaper group symmetry, containing millions of chiral elements per square centimeter, we observed rotation of the polarization azimuth in excess of 30_ of light diffracted from it. The rotation was found to change its sign for two enantiomeric forms of the media and to have components associated with both the structural arrangement and the chirality of individual structural elements.
planar chirality, polarization, metamaterials, nanostructure
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Papakostas, A.
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Potts, A.
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Prosvirnin, S.L.
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Coles, H.J.
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March 2003
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Bagnall, D.M
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Papakostas, A., Potts, A., Bagnall, D.M, Prosvirnin, S.L., Coles, H.J. and Zheludev, N.I.
(2003)
Optical manifestations of planar chirality.
Physical Review Letters, 90 (10), .
(doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.90.107404).
Abstract
We report that planar chiral structures affect the polarization state of light in a manner similar to three-dimensional chiral (optical active) media. In experiments with artificial metal-on-silicon chiral planar gratings of 442 wallpaper group symmetry, containing millions of chiral elements per square centimeter, we observed rotation of the polarization azimuth in excess of 30_ of light diffracted from it. The rotation was found to change its sign for two enantiomeric forms of the media and to have components associated with both the structural arrangement and the chirality of individual structural elements.
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Submitted date: 27 August 2002
Published date: March 2003
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planar chirality, polarization, metamaterials, nanostructure
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N.I. Zheludev
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