Giant double-resonant optical rotation and total polarization conversion in gyrotropic and anisotropic two-dimensional systems

A giant, almost 90° optical rotation, together with almost total polarization conversion between transverse electric and transverse magnetic light or vice versa, is predicted to occur in reflection from gyrotropic and/or anisotropic 2D system. It occurs at simultaneous resonance with weakly-damped l...

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Published in:Solid state communications 1997-11, Vol.104 (6), p.321-326
Main Author: Kosevich, Yuriy A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
A. nanostructures
A. surfaces and interfaces
D. cyclotron resonance
D. dielectric response
D. optical properties
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Summary:A giant, almost 90° optical rotation, together with almost total polarization conversion between transverse electric and transverse magnetic light or vice versa, is predicted to occur in reflection from gyrotropic and/or anisotropic 2D system. It occurs at simultaneous resonance with weakly-damped local and collective modes in the system. Giant optical rotation can occur in infrared range in 2D electron gas or Wigner solid and 2D array of quantum dots or wires in a magnetic field and in 2D semiconductor ionic layer or 2D system of ionic nanocrystals in an electric field and is caused by resonant Hall or Pockels effect. In 2D array of parallel quantum wires or optical fibres with broken planar symmetry, a strong double-resonant optical rotation can occur in visible range in the absence of external field.
ISSN:0038-1098
1879-2766
DOI:10.1016/S0038-1098(97)00297-4