Extreme twists of light in photonic crystal waveguides

I. Palstra, N. D. Kosters*, F. Alpeggiani, L. Kuipers

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

We demonstrate that superchiral near fields, fields that are essentially more twisted than circularly polarized light, exist above conventional silicon photonic crystal waveguides. We envision using these fields to accurately sense chiral molecules.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationFrontiers in Optics, FiO 2017
PublisherOSA - The Optical Society
VolumePart F66-FiO 2017
ISBN (Electronic)978-1-943580-33-0
ISBN (Print) 978-155752820-9
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2017
EventFrontiers in Optics, FiO 2017 - Washington, United States
Duration: 18 Sept 201721 Sept 2017

Conference

ConferenceFrontiers in Optics, FiO 2017
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityWashington
Period18/09/1721/09/17

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