Title :
Out-of-plane reflection and refraction of light by plasmonic interfaces with phase discontinuities
Author :
Aieta, Francesco ; Genevet, Patrice ; Yu, Nanfang ; Kats, Mikhail A. ; Gaburro, Zeno ; Capasso, Federico
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Eng. & Appl. Sci., Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA, USA
Abstract :
Three-dimensional laws of reflection and refraction are derived and demonstrated for optically thin interfaces that impart to the incident wavefront a phase gradient. The tangential wavevector provided by the interface creates out-of-plane reflection and refraction.
Keywords :
light reflection; light refraction; plasmonics; incident wavefront; light refraction; optically thin interfaces; out-of-plane light reflection; phase discontinuity; phase gradient; plasmonic interface; tangential wavevector; three-dimensional reflection laws; three-dimensional refraction laws; Arrays; Educational institutions; Optical reflection; Optical refraction; Plasmons;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
