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Tailoring Enhanced Optical Chirality: Design Principles for Chiral Plasmonic Nanostructures

Year: 2012

Type: article

Abstract: Electromagnetic fields with strong optical chirality can be formed in the near field of chiral plasmonic nanostructures.We calculate and visualize the degree of chirality to identify regions with relatively high values.This analysis leads to design principles for a simple utilization of chiral fields.We investigate planar geometries, which offer a convenient way to access the designated fields, as well as threedimensional nanostructures, which show a very high local optical chirality.

Source: Physical Review X

DOI: 10.1103/physrevx.2.031010

Authors: Martin Schäferling, Daniel Dregely, Mario Hentschel, Harald Giessen

Institutions: University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart Center for Simulation Science

Language: English

Topic: Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research

Subfield: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $1,289

Funders: Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung