• DocumentCode
    2264388
  • Title

    Polarization changes in diffraction from planar periodic patterns with pure structural and molecular chirality

  • Author

    Dolgaleva, Ksenia ; Boyd, Robert W. ; Volkov, S.N. ; Jefimovs, Konstantins ; Turunen, Jari ; Svirko, Yuri ; Canfield, Brian K. ; Kauranen, Martti

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. of Opt., Univ. of Rochester, Rochester, NY
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    4-9 May 2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We prepare diffractive arrays of metal nanoparticles that possess molecular and structural chirality. Both cases lead to comparative chiral polarization effects, which must be interpreted as arising from chirality of the experimental setup.
  • Keywords
    chirality; light diffraction; nanoparticles; optical arrays; periodic structures; chiral polarization effects; diffractive arrays; metal nanoparticles; molecular chirality; planar periodic patterns; structural chirality; Astronomy; Lattices; Mathematics; Nanoparticles; Optical arrays; Optical diffraction; Optical polarization; Optical scattering; Physics; Space technology; (160.1585) Chiral media; (160.3918) Metamaterials;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    iet
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-859-9
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    4572708