Optical Spin Sorting Chain

التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
العنوان: Optical Spin Sorting Chain
المؤلفون: Hinamoto, Tatsuki, Fujii, Minoru, Sannomiya, Takumi
سنة النشر: 2021
المجموعة: Physics (Other)
مصطلحات موضوعية: Physics - Optics
الوصف: Transverse spin angular momentum of light is a key concept in recent nanophotonics to realize unidirectional light transport in waveguides by spin-momentum locking. Herein we theoretically propose subwavelength nanoparticle chain waveguides that efficiently sort optical spins with engineerable spin density distributions. By arranging high-refractive-index nanospheres of different sizes in a zigzag manner, directional optical spin propagation is realized. The origin of the efficient spin transport is revealed by analyzing the dispersion relation and spin angular momentum density distributions. In contrast to conventional waveguides, the proposed asymmetric waveguide can spatially separate up- and down-spins and locate one parity inside and the other outside the structure. Moreover, robustness against bending the waveguide and its application as an optical spin sorter are presented. Compared to previous reports on spatial engineering of local spins in photonic crystal waveguides, we achieved substantial miniaturization of the entire footprint down to subwavelength scale.
Comment: 20 pages, 5 figures
نوع الوثيقة: Working Paper
DOI: 10.1364/OE.437725
URL الوصول: http://arxiv.org/abs/2103.07089
رقم الأكسشن: edsarx.2103.07089
قاعدة البيانات: arXiv