Transverse spin of a surface polariton
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We consider a $p$-polarized surface electromagnetic wave (a classical surface polariton) at the interface between the vacuum and a metal or left-handed medium. We show that the evanescent electromagnetic waves forming the surface polariton inevitably possess a backward spin energy flow, which, together with a superluminal orbital energy flow, form the total Poynting vector. This spin energy flow generates a well-defined (but not quantized) spin angular momentum of surface polaritons which is orthogonal to the propagation direction. The spin of evanescent waves arises from the imaginary longitudinal component of the electric field which makes the polarization effectively elliptical in the propagation plane. We also examine the connection between the spin and chirality of evanescent modes.
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- Authors
- Bliokh, K. Y., & Nori, F.
- Affiliations
- RIKEN (JP)
- University of Michigan (US)
- Venue
- Physical Review A
- Publisher
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Published
- 2012-06-07
- Volume
- 85
- Issue
- 6
- ISSN
- 0556-2791 (ISSN-L)
- 1050-2947
- 1094-1622
- OpenAlex
- W1533150496
- Cited by
- 364
- References
- 32
- Citations by year
- 2026: 13 · 2025: 32 · 2024: 26 · 2023: 22 · 2022: 28 · 2021: 40 · 2020: 32 · 2019: 38 · 2018: 35 · 2017: 28 · 2016: 24 · 2015: 21 · 2014: 13 · 2013: 10 · 2012: 2
- FWCI
- 8.38
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- arxiv.org
- Locations
- Physical Review A (publishedVersion)
- arXiv (Cornell University) (submittedVersion)
- ANU Open Research (Australian National University) (submittedVersion)
- arXiv (Cornell University)
- Funders
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (22224007)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics
- Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials › Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications
- Keywords
- surface polaritons, transverse spin, spin angular momentum, evanescent waves, p-polarized light, left-handed media, Poynting vector, chirality, elliptical polarization, metal-vacuum interface
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