Extreme twists of light in photonic crystal waveguides

Conference paper (2017)

Authors

I. Palstra AMOLF
N.D. Kosters QN/Kuipers Lab - AS
F. Alpeggiani QN/Kuipers Lab - AS
L. Kuipers QN/Kuipers Lab - AS
Research Group
QN/Kuipers Lab (AS) (TU Delft)
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Published Date

2017

Language

English

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Faculty

Applied Sciences

Department

QN/Quantum Nanoscience

Research Group

QN/Kuipers Lab

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.

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