Spinoptical metamaterials: Spin-controlled photonics based on symmetry violation

Nir Shitrit, Igor Yulevich, Elhanan Maguid, Dror Ozeri, Dekel Veksler, Vladimir Kleiner, Erez Hasman

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Abstract

Spinoptics provides a route to control light, whereby the photon helicity (spin angular momentum) degeneracy is removed due to a geometric gradient onto a metasurface. The alliance of spinoptics and metamaterials offers the dispersion engineering of a structured matter in a polarization helicity dependent manner. We show that polarization-controlled optical modes of metamaterials arise where the spatial inversion symmetry is violated. The emerged spin-split dispersion of spontaneous emission originates from the spin-orbit interaction of light, generating a selection rule based on symmetry restrictions in a spinoptical metamaterial. The inversion asymmetric metasurface is obtained via anisotropic optical antenna patterns. This type of metamaterial provides a route for spin-controlled nanophotonic applications based on the design of the metasurface symmetry properties.

Original languageAmerican English
Title of host publicationSpintronics VI
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Dec 2013
Event6th Spintronics Symposium - San Diego, CA, United States
Duration: 25 Aug 201329 Aug 2013

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume8813

Conference

Conference6th Spintronics Symposium
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Diego, CA
Period25/08/1329/08/13

Keywords

  • Spinoptics
  • geometric phase
  • inversion asymmetry
  • metamaterials
  • metasurfaces
  • optical Rashba effect
  • polarization
  • spin-orbit interaction
  • surface waves

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Applied Mathematics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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