Optical superchirality and electromagnetic angular momentum

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8274, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Andrews, David L ^a   Coles, Matt M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chirality; circular dichroism; optical activity; optical angular momentum; photon spin; quantum electrodynamics; structured light; superchirality

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL ACTIVITY; OPTICAL ANGULAR MOMENTUM; QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS; STRUCTURED LIGHT; SUPERCHIRALITY;

CHIRALITY; DICHROISM; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENANTIOMERS; METAMATERIALS; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS;

ANGULAR MOMENTUM;

EID: 84857579270     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.906360     Document Type: Conference Paper

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