Title :
Strong chiral optical response using phase-shifts in a planar plasmonic metamaterial
Author :
Eftekhari, Fatima ; Davis, T.J.
Author_Institution :
Mater. Sci. & Eng., CSIRO, Clayton, VIC, Australia
Abstract :
The chiral optical response is an ability to distinguish between states of circular polarization. We show theoretically and experimentally how to obtain a strong chiral response by exploiting phase shifts in arrays of subwavelength-scale plasmonic structures.
Keywords :
chirality; light polarisation; optical arrays; optical metamaterials; optical phase shifters; plasmonics; circular polarization states; phase-shifts; planar plasmonic metamaterial; strong chiral optical response; subwavelength-scale plasmonic structure arrays; Metamaterials; Nanostructures; Optical device fabrication; Optical polarization; Optical scattering; Plasmons; Time-domain analysis;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
