Reverse circular Bragg phenomenon
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Author(s)
McCall, Martin
Koufidis, Stefanos
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
he problem of axial propagation of circularly polarized light in a circularly birefringent structurally chiral medium is exactly solved via full electromagnetic analysis. Underlying symmetries of the system's characteristic matrix reveal interesting insights, which are confirmed by coupled wave theory. For extreme values of chirality, a reverse circular Bragg resonance arises in the negative refraction regime where handedness reversal of counterpart modes occurs. A condition is identified under which circular birefringence precisely offsets structural chirality, rendering the medium simply linearly birefringent. Manufacturing such a medium is feasible via current metamedia and inorganic materials technology and has applications in optics, optoelectronics, and sensing.
Date Issued
2022-11-30
Date Acceptance
2022-11-14
Citation
Physical Review Research, 2022, 4 (4)
ISSN
2643-1564
Publisher
American Physical Society
Journal / Book Title
Physical Review Research
Volume
4
Issue
4
Copyright Statement
© 2022 The Author(s). Published by the American Physical Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. Further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the published article's title, journal citation, and DOI.
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Published
Article Number
ARTN 043154
Date Publish Online
2022-11-30