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Flexible coherent control of plasmonic spin-Hall effect

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  • Shiyi Xiao

    (School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham)

  • Fan Zhong

    (National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures & School of Physics, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University)

  • Hui Liu

    (National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures & School of Physics, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University)

  • Shining Zhu

    (National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures & School of Physics, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University)

  • Jensen Li

    (School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham)

Abstract

The surface plasmon polariton is an emerging candidate for miniaturizing optoelectronic circuits. Recent demonstrations of polarization-dependent splitting using metasurfaces, including focal-spot shifting and unidirectional propagation, allow us to exploit the spin degree of freedom in plasmonics. However, further progress has been hampered by the inability to generate more complicated and independent surface plasmon profiles for two incident spins, which work coherently together for more flexible and tunable functionalities. Here by matching the geometric phases of the nano-slots on silver to specific superimpositions of the inward and outward surface plasmon profiles for the two spins, arbitrary spin-dependent orbitals can be generated in a slot-free region. Furthermore, motion pictures with a series of picture frames can be assembled and played by varying the linear polarization angle of incident light. This spin-enabled control of orbitals is potentially useful for tip-free near-field scanning microscopy, holographic data storage, tunable plasmonic tweezers, and integrated optical components.

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  • Shiyi Xiao & Fan Zhong & Hui Liu & Shining Zhu & Jensen Li, 2015. "Flexible coherent control of plasmonic spin-Hall effect," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 6(1), pages 1-7, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:6:y:2015:i:1:d:10.1038_ncomms9360
    DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9360
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    1. Minkyung Kim & Dasol Lee & Younghwan Yang & Yeseul Kim & Junsuk Rho, 2022. "Reaching the highest efficiency of spin Hall effect of light in the near-infrared using all-dielectric metasurfaces," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-7, December.

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