• DocumentCode
    161179
  • Title

    Resolving light spin with a silicon microdisk nanoantenna

  • Author

    Rodriguez-Fortuno, Francisco Jose ; Barber-Sanz, Isaac ; Puerto, Daniel ; Griol, Amadeu ; Martinez, A.

  • Author_Institution
    Nanophotonics Technol. Center, Univ. Politec. de Valencia, Valencia, Spain
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    21-25 Sept. 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate a non-chiral photonic nanostructure that distinguishes the handedness of circularly polarized light. The device - a silicon microdisk coupled to two waveguides - drives photons with opposite spins towards different output waveguides with contrast ratios over 18 dB.
  • Keywords
    nanostructured materials; polarisation; waveguide antennas; Si; circularly polarized light; light spin; microdisk nanoantenna; nonchiral photonic nanostructure; waveguides; Measurement by laser beam; Photonics; Plasmons; Polarization; Silicon; Telecommunications; Vectors;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communication (ECOC), 2014 European Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Cannes
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ECOC.2014.6963948
  • Filename
    6963948
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=161179