Plasmonic rack-and-pinion gear with chiral metasurface

Yuri Gorodetski, Alina Karabchevsky

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Abstract

The effect of circularly polarized beaming excited by traveling surface plasmons, via chiral metasurface is experimentally studied. Here we show that the propagation direction of the plasmonic wave, evanescently excited on the thin gold film aects the handedness of the scattered beam polarization. Nanostructured metasurface leads to excitation of localized plasmonic modes whose relative spatial orientation induces overall spin-orbit interaction. This ect is analogical to the rack-and-pinion gear: the rotational motion into the linear motion converter. From the practical point of view, the observed effect can be utilized in integrated optical circuits for communication systems, cyber security and sensing.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMetamaterials X
EditorsAllan D. Boardman, Kevin F. MacDonald, Nigel P. Johnson, Ekmel Ozbay
PublisherSPIE
ISBN (Electronic)9781510601284
DOIs
StatePublished - 2016
EventMetamaterials X - Brussels, Belgium
Duration: 4 Apr 20167 Apr 2016

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume9883
ISSN (Print)0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)1996-756X

Conference

ConferenceMetamaterials X
Country/TerritoryBelgium
CityBrussels
Period4/04/167/04/16

Keywords

  • chirality
  • metasurface
  • nanostructure
  • plasmonics

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