Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Jisha, Chandroth P
• Alberucci, Alessandro

Titel

Spin-orbit interactions in optically active materials

Ist Teil von

• Optics letters, 2017-02, Vol.42 (3), p.419-422

Ort / Verlag

United States

Erscheinungsjahr

2017

Link zum Volltext

Quelle

Optica Publishing Group (OPG)

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• We investigate the inherent influence of light polarization on the intensity distribution in anisotropic media undergoing a local inhomogeneous rotation of the principal axes. Whereas, in general, such a configuration implies a complicated interaction between the geometric and the dynamic phase, we show that, in a medium showing an inhomogeneous circular birefringence, the geometric phase vanishes. Due to the spin-orbit interaction, the two circular polarizations perceive reversed spatial distribution of the dynamic phase. Based on this effect, polarization-selective lenses, waveguides, and beam deflectors are proposed.