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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2014 European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cannes
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2014.6963948
