4 Chirality and Antiferromagnetism in Optical Metasurfaces
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4.5 Conclusions
In summary, we have discussed the chirality of light and optical metasurfaces and
introduced their properties, working principles, the spin-structure interaction and
applications in various fields. The involved antiferromagnetism existing in dielectric
nanostructures helps us to explain the underlying physics of nanoscale halfwaveplates
in terms of the well-confined electromagnetic modes, which is a good attempt to
investigate and unreal the novel phenomena in nanophotonics by using classical
electrodynamics. The chirality detection by using the orbital angular momentum of
light is also discussed with the experimental proofs, which, we believe, will excite
more interesting researches in the near future. Furthermore, the interaction between
chiral light, chiral nanostructures, and macroscopic external electric and magnetic
fields has not been well investigated with many unanswered problems, which might
stimulate the potential applications.
References
1. G. Keiser, Optical fiber communications. Wiley Encyclopedia of Telecommunications (2003)
2. D. Gabor, A new microscopic principle. Nature 161, 777–778 (1948)
3. E. Yablonovitch, Inhibited Spontaneous Emission in Solid-State Physics and Electronics. Phys
Rev Lett 58, 2059–2062 (1987)
4. T.W. Ebbesen, Extraordinary optical transmission through sub-wavelength hole arrays. Nature
391, 3 (1998)
5. J.B. Pendry, Negative refraction makes a perfect lens. Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 3966 (2000)
6. D.R. Smith, W.J. Padilla, D.C. Vier, S.C. Nemat-Nasser, S. Schultz, Composite medium with
simultaneously negative permeability and permittivity. Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 4184–4187 (2000)
7. S. Astilean, P. Lalanne, P. Chavel, E. Cambril, H. Launois, High-efficiency subwavelength
diffractive element patterned in a high-refractive-index material for 633nm. Opt. Lett. 23,
552–554 (1998)
8. P. Lalanne, S. Astilean, P. Chavel, E. Cambril, H. Launois, Blazed binary subwavelength
gratings with efficiencies larger than those of conventional échelette gratings. Opt. Lett. 23,
1081–1083 (1998)
9. Z. Bomzon, G. Biener, V. Kleiner, E. Hasman, Spatial Fourier-transform polarimetry using
space-variant subwavelength metal-stripe polarizers. Optics Lett. 26, 1711–1713 (2001)
10. Z. Bomzon, V. Kleiner, E. Hasman, Pancharatnam-Berry phase in space-variant polarizationstate manipulations with subwavelength gratings. Opt. Lett. 26, 1424–1426 (2001)
11. N. Yu, P. Genevet, M.A. Kats, F. Aieta, J.-P. Tetienne, F. Capasso, Z. Gaburro, Light propagation
with phase discontinuities: generalized laws of reflection and refraction. Science 334, 333–337
(2011)
12. S. Iwahashi, Y. Kurosaka, K. Sakai, K. Kitamura, N. Takayama, S. Noda, Higher-order vector
beams produced by photonic-crystal lasers. Opt. Express 19, 11963–11968 (2011)
13. L. Zhang, S. Mei, K. Huang, C.-W. Qiu, Advances in full control of electromagnetic waves
with metasurfaces. Adv. Opt. Mater. 4, 818–833 (2016)
14. H.-T. Chen, A.J. Taylor, N. Yu, A review of metasurfaces: physics and applications. Rep. Prog.
Phys. 79, 076401 (2016)
15. K. Huang, J. Deng, H.S. Leong, S.L.K. Yap, R.B. Yang, J. Teng, H. Liu, Ultraviolet metasurfaces
of ≈80% efficiency with antiferromagnetic resonances for optical vectorial anti-counterfeiting.
Laser & Photonics Rev. 13, 1800289 (2019)
99
4.5 Conclusions
In summary, we have discussed the chirality of light and optical metasurfaces and
introduced their properties, working principles, the spin-structure interaction and
applications in various fields. The involved antiferromagnetism existing in dielectric
nanostructures helps us to explain the underlying physics of nanoscale halfwaveplates
in terms of the well-confined electromagnetic modes, which is a good attempt to
investigate and unreal the novel phenomena in nanophotonics by using classical
electrodynamics. The chirality detection by using the orbital angular momentum of
light is also discussed with the experimental proofs, which, we believe, will excite
more interesting researches in the near future. Furthermore, the interaction between
chiral light, chiral nanostructures, and macroscopic external electric and magnetic
fields has not been well investigated with many unanswered problems, which might
stimulate the potential applications.
References
1. G. Keiser, Optical fiber communications. Wiley Encyclopedia of Telecommunications (2003)
2. D. Gabor, A new microscopic principle. Nature 161, 777–778 (1948)
3. E. Yablonovitch, Inhibited Spontaneous Emission in Solid-State Physics and Electronics. Phys
Rev Lett 58, 2059–2062 (1987)
4. T.W. Ebbesen, Extraordinary optical transmission through sub-wavelength hole arrays. Nature
391, 3 (1998)
5. J.B. Pendry, Negative refraction makes a perfect lens. Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 3966 (2000)
6. D.R. Smith, W.J. Padilla, D.C. Vier, S.C. Nemat-Nasser, S. Schultz, Composite medium with
simultaneously negative permeability and permittivity. Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 4184–4187 (2000)
7. S. Astilean, P. Lalanne, P. Chavel, E. Cambril, H. Launois, High-efficiency subwavelength
diffractive element patterned in a high-refractive-index material for 633nm. Opt. Lett. 23,
552–554 (1998)
8. P. Lalanne, S. Astilean, P. Chavel, E. Cambril, H. Launois, Blazed binary subwavelength
gratings with efficiencies larger than those of conventional échelette gratings. Opt. Lett. 23,
1081–1083 (1998)
9. Z. Bomzon, G. Biener, V. Kleiner, E. Hasman, Spatial Fourier-transform polarimetry using
space-variant subwavelength metal-stripe polarizers. Optics Lett. 26, 1711–1713 (2001)
10. Z. Bomzon, V. Kleiner, E. Hasman, Pancharatnam-Berry phase in space-variant polarizationstate manipulations with subwavelength gratings. Opt. Lett. 26, 1424–1426 (2001)
11. N. Yu, P. Genevet, M.A. Kats, F. Aieta, J.-P. Tetienne, F. Capasso, Z. Gaburro, Light propagation
with phase discontinuities: generalized laws of reflection and refraction. Science 334, 333–337
(2011)
12. S. Iwahashi, Y. Kurosaka, K. Sakai, K. Kitamura, N. Takayama, S. Noda, Higher-order vector
beams produced by photonic-crystal lasers. Opt. Express 19, 11963–11968 (2011)
13. L. Zhang, S. Mei, K. Huang, C.-W. Qiu, Advances in full control of electromagnetic waves
with metasurfaces. Adv. Opt. Mater. 4, 818–833 (2016)
14. H.-T. Chen, A.J. Taylor, N. Yu, A review of metasurfaces: physics and applications. Rep. Prog.
Phys. 79, 076401 (2016)
15. K. Huang, J. Deng, H.S. Leong, S.L.K. Yap, R.B. Yang, J. Teng, H. Liu, Ultraviolet metasurfaces
of ≈80% efficiency with antiferromagnetic resonances for optical vectorial anti-counterfeiting.
Laser & Photonics Rev. 13, 1800289 (2019)