標題: Generation of optical chirality patterns with plane waves, evanescent waves and surface plasmon waves
作者: Zhang, Jiwei
Huang, Shiang-Yu
Lin, Zhan-Hong
Huang, Jer-Shing
電子物理學系
Department of Electrophysics
公開日期: 6-一月-2020
摘要: We systematically investigate the generation of optical chirality patterns by applying the superposition of two waves in three scenarios, namely free-space plane waves, evanescent waves of totally reflected light at dielectric interface and propagating surface plasmon waves on a metallic surface. In each scenario, the general analytical solution of the optical chirality pattern is derived for different polarization states and propagating directions of the two waves. The analytical solutions are verified by numerical simulations. Spatially structured optical chirality patterns can be generated in all scenarios if the incident polarization states and propagation directions are correctly chosen. Optical chirality enhancement can be obtained from the constructive interference of free-space circularly polarized light or enhanced evanescent waves of totally reflected light. Surface plasmon waves do not provide enhanced optical chirality unless the near-field intensity enhancement is sufficiently high. The structured optical chirality patterns may find applications in chirality sorting, chiral imaging and circular dichroism spectroscopy. (C) 2020 Optical Society of America under the terms of the OSA Open Access Publishing Agreement
URI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.383021
http://hdl.handle.net/11536/153764
ISSN: 1094-4087
DOI: 10.1364/OE.383021
期刊: OPTICS EXPRESS
Volume: 28
Issue: 1
起始頁: 760
結束頁: 772
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