Formation of helical beams by use of Pancharatnam–Berry phase optical elements
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Spiral phase elements with topological charges based on space-variant Pancharatnam-Berry phase optical elements are presented. Such elements can be achieved by use of continuous computer-generated space-variant subwavelength dielectric gratings. We present a theoretical analysis and experimentally demonstrate spiral geometrical phases for infrared radiation at a wavelength of 10.6microm .
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“(iv) Any surface or waveguide mode possesses evanescent tails. Strikingly, coupling transversely-propagating spinning light to these evanescent tails results in a robust spincontrolled unidirectional propagation of the surface or waveguide modes 45- 52 .”
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The spin-controlled unidirectional coupling effect is very robust to the details of the system and equally appears with near 100%-efficiency at metal surfaces, nanofibers, and various waveguides.
“Moreover, the effect is very robust to the details of the system and equally appears with near 100%-efficiency at metal surfaces 46,47,49 , nanofibers 48,50,126 , and various waveguides 51,52,125,127,128 .”
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Several experiments and numerical simulations demonstrated remarkable spin-controlled unidirectional coupling between circularly-polarized incident light and transversely-propagating surface or waveguide modes.
“Recently, several experiments and numerical simulations demonstrated remarkable spin-controlled unidirectional coupling between circularly-polarized incident light and transversely-propagating surface or waveguide modes 4 5 -5 2,125-1 28 , see Figs. 4b,c.”
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In all systems studied, the incident light propagated along the transverse y-axis carrying usual SAM depending on its helicity: Sy inc ∝ σ.
“Indeed, in all systems 4 5 -5 2,125-1 28 the incident light propagated along the transverse y -axis carrying usual SAM depending on its helicity: S y inc ∝σ .”
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The spin-directional coupling to surface plasmon-polaritons and nanofiber modes has remarkable 100% efficiency and robustness with respect to the details of the system.
“This effect has remarkable 100% efficiency and robustness with respect to the details of the system.”
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Background
- Authors
- Biener, G., Niv, A., Kleiner, V., & Hasman, E.
- Affiliations
- Technion – Israel Institute of Technology (IL)
- Venue
- Optics Letters
- Publisher
- Optica Publishing Group
- Published
- 2002-11-01
- Volume
- 27
- Issue
- 21
- Pages
- 1875
- ISSN
- 0146-9592 (ISSN-L)
- 1539-4794
- OpenAlex
- W2035348380
- Cited by
- 364
- References
- 10
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- FWCI
- 1.78
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Optics Letters (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- 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
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Optical Polarization and Ellipsometry
- Keywords
- helical beams, Berry phase, topological charge, infrared radiation, 10.6 μm wavelength
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