Enhanced spin Hall effect of light by transmission in a polymer

Enhanced spin Hall effect of light by transmission in a polymer

We demonstrate experimentally the lateral circular birefringence of a tunable birefringent polymer, the first example of the spin Hall effect of light in a polymeric material, and we demonstrate that this light shift can be significantly enhanced by tuning the effective birefringence in the polymer....

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Veröffentlicht in:Optics letters 2018-03, Vol.43 (6), p.1343-1346
Hauptverfasser: Takayama, Osamu, Puentes, Graciana
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Birefringence
Electromagnetism
Engineering Sciences
Hall effect
Measurement techniques
Optics
Photonic
Polarimetry
Polymers
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Zusammenfassung:We demonstrate experimentally the lateral circular birefringence of a tunable birefringent polymer, the first example of the spin Hall effect of light in a polymeric material, and we demonstrate that this light shift can be significantly enhanced by tuning the effective birefringence in the polymer. We report experimental observations of this effect using polarimetric techniques and quantum-weak-measurement techniques, reporting a weak amplification factor of 200.
ISSN:0146-9592
1539-4794
DOI:10.1364/OL.43.001343