Measuring the electromagnetic chirality of 2D arrays under normal illumination

We present an electromagnetic chirality measure for 2D arrays of subwavelength periodicities under normal illumination. The calculation of the measure uses only the complex reflection and transmission coefficients from the array. The measure allows the ordering of arrays according to their electroma...

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Veröffentlicht in:Optics letters 2017-10, Vol.42 (20), p.4075-4078
Hauptverfasser: Garcia-Santiago, X, Burger, S, Rockstuhl, C, Fernandez-Corbaton, I
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:We present an electromagnetic chirality measure for 2D arrays of subwavelength periodicities under normal illumination. The calculation of the measure uses only the complex reflection and transmission coefficients from the array. The measure allows the ordering of arrays according to their electromagnetic chirality, which further allows a quantitative comparison of different design strategies. The measure is upper bounded, and the extreme properties of objects with high values of electromagnetic chirality make them useful in both near- and far-field applications. We analyze the consequences that different possible symmetries of the array have on its electromagnetic chirality. We use the measure to study four different arrays. The results indicate the suitability of helices for building arrays of high electromagnetic chirality, and the low effectiveness of a substrate for breaking the transverse mirror symmetry.
ISSN:0146-9592
1539-4794
DOI:10.1364/OL.42.004075