Experimental control of optical helicity in nanophotonics

Light: Science and Applications

Volumn 3, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Tischler, Nora ^a   Fernandez Corbaton, Ivan ^a   Zambrana Puyalto, Xavier ^a   Minovich, Alexander ^b   Vidal, Xavier ^a   Juan, Mathieu L ^a   Molina Terriza, Gabriel ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Helicity; Nanoaperture; Nanophotonics; Optics; Symmetry

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; CRYSTAL SYMMETRY; LIGHT; MOMENTUM; OPTICS;

APERTURE SIZES; EXPERIMENTAL CONTROL; HELICITIES; LIGHT-MATTER INTERACTIONS; LINEAR MOMENTA; NANO-APERTURES; PHYSICAL SYSTEMS; TRANSMITTED LIGHT;

NANOPHOTONICS; MOMENTUM;

EID: 84902158310     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20477538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/lsa.2014.64     Document Type: Article

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