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Giant gyrotropy due to electromagnetic-field coupling in a bilayered chiral structure

Giant gyrotropy due to electromagnetic-field coupling in a bilayered chiral structure
Giant gyrotropy due to electromagnetic-field coupling in a bilayered chiral structure
We report experimental evidence that electromagnetic coupling between physically separated planar metal patterns located in parallel planes provides for extremely strong polarization rotatory power if one pattern is twisted with respect to the other, creating a chiral object. In terms of a rotary power per sample thickness equal to one wavelength, the bilayered structure rotates 5 orders of magnitude stronger than a gyrotropic crystal of quartz in the visible spectrum.
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Rogacheva, A.V.
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Fedotov, V.A.
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Schwanecke, A.S.
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Zheludev, N.I.
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Rogacheva, A.V.
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Fedotov, V.A.
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Schwanecke, A.S.
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Zheludev, N.I.
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Rogacheva, A.V., Fedotov, V.A., Schwanecke, A.S. and Zheludev, N.I. (2006) Giant gyrotropy due to electromagnetic-field coupling in a bilayered chiral structure. Physical Review Letters, 97 (17), [177401]. (doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.177401).

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Abstract

We report experimental evidence that electromagnetic coupling between physically separated planar metal patterns located in parallel planes provides for extremely strong polarization rotatory power if one pattern is twisted with respect to the other, creating a chiral object. In terms of a rotary power per sample thickness equal to one wavelength, the bilayered structure rotates 5 orders of magnitude stronger than a gyrotropic crystal of quartz in the visible spectrum.

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Published date: 27 October 2006

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Local EPrints ID: 48319
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/48319
ISSN: 0031-9007
PURE UUID: 7b971bbb-b216-49d2-ba83-345a7b70279e
ORCID for N.I. Zheludev: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-1013-6636

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Date deposited: 11 Sep 2007
Last modified: 16 Mar 2024 02:43

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Author: A.V. Rogacheva
Author: V.A. Fedotov
Author: A.S. Schwanecke
Author: N.I. Zheludev ORCID iD

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