Extreme twists of light in photonic crystal waveguides

Conference Paper (2017)
Author(s)

I. Palstra (AMOLF Institute for Atomic and Molecular Physics)

N. D. Kosters (TU Delft - Applied Sciences)

F. Alpeggiani (TU Delft - Applied Sciences)

L. Kuipers (TU Delft - Applied Sciences)

Research Group
QN/Kuipers Lab
DOI related publication
https://doi.org/10.1364/FIO.2017.JW3A.54 Final published version
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Publication Year
2017
Language
English
Research Group
QN/Kuipers Lab
Volume number
Part F66-FiO 2017
ISBN (print)
978-155752820-9
ISBN (electronic)
978-1-943580-33-0
Event
Frontiers in Optics, FiO 2017 (2017-09-18 - 2017-09-21), Washington, United States
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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.