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Nonreciprocity of natural rotatory power

Nonreciprocity of natural rotatory power
Nonreciprocity of natural rotatory power
We have observed that a light beam that passed through an optically active crystal of Bi12SiO20 and that was then reflected exactly back through it did not recover its initial polarization orientation. The nonreciprocal component of the rotation was of the order of 2 × 10-3 of the reciprocal, single-pass rotation. This nonreciprocity is unambiguous evidence of broken reversality of the light-matter interaction process.
0146-9592
1955-1957
Bennett, P.J.
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Dhanjal, S.
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Svirko, Y.P.
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Zheludev, N.I.
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Bennett, P.J.
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Dhanjal, S.
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Svirko, Y.P.
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Zheludev, N.I.
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Bennett, P.J., Dhanjal, S., Svirko, Y.P. and Zheludev, N.I. (1996) Nonreciprocity of natural rotatory power. Optics Letters, 21 (24), 1955-1957. (doi:10.1364/OL.21.001955).

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We have observed that a light beam that passed through an optically active crystal of Bi12SiO20 and that was then reflected exactly back through it did not recover its initial polarization orientation. The nonreciprocal component of the rotation was of the order of 2 × 10-3 of the reciprocal, single-pass rotation. This nonreciprocity is unambiguous evidence of broken reversality of the light-matter interaction process.

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Published date: December 1996
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Local EPrints ID: 78199
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/78199
DOI: doi:10.1364/OL.21.001955
ISSN: 0146-9592
PURE UUID: d8ebb7b6-c720-4128-9d24-25e4c2a1d602
ORCID for N.I. Zheludev: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-1013-6636

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Date deposited: 11 Mar 2010
Last modified: 14 Mar 2024 02:36

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Author: P.J. Bennett
Author: S. Dhanjal
Author: Y.P. Svirko
Author: N.I. Zheludev ORCID iD

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