• DocumentCode
    1689456
  • Title

    Photon helicity changes in nanohole scattering

  • Author

    Fernandez-Corbaton, Ivan ; Zambrana-Puyalto, Xavier ; Vidal, Xavier ; Juan, Mathieu ; Molina-Terriza, Gabriel

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys. & Astron., Macquarie Univ., Sydney, NSW, Australia
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    The scattering of circularly polarised Gaussian beams impinging on a cylindrical nanohole in a metallic thin film contains phase singularities. These experimental observations are due to changes in the helicity of the scattered photons.
  • Keywords
    light scattering; metallic thin films; nanostructured materials; circularly polarised Gaussian beam scattering; cylindrical nanohole; metallic thin film; nanohole scattering; phase singularities; photon helicity changes; scattered photon helicity; Charge coupled devices; Laser beams; Microscopy; Optics; Photonics; Polarization;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1839-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6327019