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Enhanced and switchable spin Hall effect of light near the Brewster angle on reflection

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Luo, Hailu, Zhou, Xinxing, Shu, Weixing, Wen, Shuangchun, Fan, Dianyuan·2011·Physical Review A

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We theorize an enhanced and switchable spin Hall effect (SHE) of light near the Brewster angle on reflection and demonstrate it experimentally. The obtained spin-dependent splitting reaches 3200 nm near the Brewster angle, which is 50 times larger than the previously reported values in refraction. We find that the amplifying factor in weak measurement is not a constant, which is significantly different from that in refraction. As an analogy of SHE in an electronic system, a switchable spin accumulation in SHE of light is detected. We were able to switch the direction of the spin accumulations by slightly adjusting the incident angle.

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  • Due to the off-diagonal elements, incoming circularly-polarized light with helicity σ acquires an oppositely-polarized component with helicity -σ and vortex factor, and also a longitudinal z-component with vortex; for small apertures, the longitudinal component plays the leading role in AM conversion.

    “Due to these elements, the incoming circularly-polarized light with helicity σ acquires an oppositely-polarized component with helicity -σ and vortex factor b exp 2 i σφ ( ) , and also a longitudinal z -component with the vortex 2 ab exp i ( σφ ) . For small apertures, the longitudinal component plays the leading role in the AM conversion.”

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    “The presence of the helicity-dependent vortices and IOAM in focused light was observed using probe particles interacting with the focal field 22,23,99 , Fig. 2b. The particles experienced transverse orbital rotation around the beam axis, which is characteristic of optical vortices 101,102 , with the sense of a rotation determined by the helicity of the incoming wave, which”

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  1. [17]A. Kavokin, G. Malpuech, and M. Glazov, Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 136601 (2005).

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Authors
Luo, H., Zhou, X., Shu, W., Wen, S., & Fan, D.
Affiliations
Hunan University (CN)
Venue
Physical Review A
Published
2011-10-05
Volume
84
Issue
4
ISSN
  • 0556-2791 (ISSN-L)
  • 1050-2947
  • 1094-1622
OpenAlex
W2008621648
Cited by
322
References
32
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FWCI
4.16
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • Physical Review A (publishedVersion)
  • arXiv (Cornell University) (submittedVersion)
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
Funders
National Natural Science Foundation of China
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Optical Polarization and Ellipsometry
  • Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials › Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications
Keywords
spin Hall effect of light, polarization angle, reflection, weak measurement, spin accumulation, incident angle dependence

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