Chiral elements and dual systems: towards the design of an omnidirectional optical active media

Xavier Vidal; Xavier Zambrana-Puyalto; Alex F. Barbara; Ivan Fernandez-Corbaton; Gabriel Molina-Terriza

doi:10.1117/12.2033797

7 December 2013 Chiral elements and dual systems: towards the design of an omnidirectional optical active media

Xavier Vidal, Xavier Zambrana-Puyalto, Alex F. Barbara, Ivan Fernandez-Corbaton, Gabriel Molina-Terriza

Proceedings Volume 8923, Micro/Nano Materials, Devices, and Systems; 89233J (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2033797
Event: SPIE Micro+Nano Materials, Devices, and Applications, 2013, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Abstract

We will show how to extract information from the Mie coefficients to properly design dual systems combined with chiral elements for having optically active structures. Such optically active elements will scatter the light omnidirectionally, where the amount of rotation of light is fixed in any given direction independently of the incident polarization. The key elements are the preservation of helicity by equaling the electric and magnetic responses from the material, and by the proper manipulation of the angular momentum.

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Xavier Vidal, Xavier Zambrana-Puyalto, Alex F. Barbara, Ivan Fernandez-Corbaton, and Gabriel Molina-Terriza "Chiral elements and dual systems: towards the design of an omnidirectional optical active media", Proc. SPIE 8923, Micro/Nano Materials, Devices, and Systems, 89233J (7 December 2013); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2033797

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