Tunable and switchable polarization rotation with non-reciprocal plasmonic thin films at designated wavelengths

Dominik Floess; Jessie Y Chin; Akihito Kawatani; Daniel Dregely; Hanns-Ulrich Habermeier; Thomas Weiss; Harald Giessen

doi:10.1038/lsa.2015.57

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Tunable and switchable polarization rotation with non-reciprocal plasmonic thin films at designated wavelengths

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- Tunable and switchable polarization rotation with non-reciprocal plasmonic thin films at designated wavelengths
- Light: Science & Applications Vol. 4, Issue 2, (2015)
- Affiliations：
  
  1.4th Physics Institute and Research Center SCOPE, University of Stuttgart, 70550 Stuttgart, Germany
  2.Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
- Author bio：
  
  D Floess, 4th Physics Institute and Research Center SCOPE, University of Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 57, 70550 Stuttgart, Germany Email: d.floess@pi4.uni-stuttgart.de
  H Giessen, 4th Physics Institute and Research Center SCOPE, University of Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 57, 70550 Stuttgart, Germany Email: h.giessen@pi4.uni-stuttgart.de
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- DOI：10.1038/lsa.2015.57
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- Published：2015-06，
  
  Published Online：05 February 2015，
  
  Received：16 October 2014，
  
  Revised：03 February 2015，
  
  Accepted：04 February 2015
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Floess, D. et al. Tunable and switchable polarization rotation with non-reciprocal plasmonic thin films at designated wavelengths. Light: Science & Applications, 4, e284 (2015).
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Floess, D. et al. Tunable and switchable polarization rotation with non-reciprocal plasmonic thin films at designated wavelengths. Light: Science & Applications, 4, e284 (2015). DOI： 10.1038/lsa.2015.57.

摘要

Abstract

We experimentally demonstrate an ultra-thin plasmonic optical rotator in the visible regime that induces a polarization rotation that is continuously tunable and switchable by an external magnetic field. The rotator is a magneto-plasmonic hybrid structure consisting of a magneto-optical EuSe slab and a one-dimensional plasmonic gold grating. At low temperatures

EuSe possesses a large Verdet constant and exhibits Faraday rotation

which does not saturate over a regime of several Tesla. By combining these properties with plasmonic Faraday rotation enhancement

a large tuning range of the polarization rotation of up to 8.4° for a film thickness of 220 nm is achieved. Furthermore

through experiments and simulations

we demonstrate that the unique dispersion properties of the structure enable us to tailor the wavelengths of the tunable polarization rotation to arbitrary spectral positions within the transparency window of the magneto-optical slab. The demonstrated concept might lead to important

highly integrated

non-reciprocal

photonic devices for light modulation

optical isolation

and magnetic field optical sensing. The simple fabrication of EuSe nanostructures by physical vapor deposition opens the way for many potentially interesting magneto-plasmonic systems and three-dimensional magneto-optical metamaterials.

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Keywords

active tuningFaraday rotationmagneto-opticsnon-reciprocityoptical rotator

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