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dc.contributor.authorTischler, Nora
dc.contributor.authorFernandez-Corbaton, Ivan
dc.contributor.authorZambrana-Puyalto, Xavier
dc.contributor.authorMinovich, Alexander
dc.contributor.authorVidal, Xavier
dc.contributor.authorJuan, Mathieu L
dc.contributor.authorMolina-Terriza, Gabriel
dc.date.accessioned2018-01-18T03:45:49Z
dc.date.available2018-01-18T03:45:49Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.identifier.issn2047-7538
dc.identifier.doi10.1038/lsa.2014.64
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/172499
dc.description.abstractAn analysis of light–matter interactions based on symmetries can provide valuable insight, particularly because it reveals which quantities are conserved and which ones can be transformed within a physical system. In this context, helicity can be a useful addition to more commonly considered observables such as angular momentum. The question arises how to treat helicity, the projection of the total angular momentum onto the linear momentum direction, in practical experiments. In this paper, we put forward a simple but versatile experimental treatment of helicity. We then apply the proposed method to the scattering of light by isolated cylindrical nanoapertures in a gold film. This allows us to study the helicity transformation taking place during the interaction of focused light with the nanoapertures. In particular, we observe from the transmitted light that the scaling of the helicity transformed component with the aperture size is very different to the direct helicity component.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherNature Publishing Group
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrome183-1
dc.relation.ispartofpagetoe183-7
dc.relation.ispartofjournalLight: Science and Applications
dc.relation.ispartofvolume3
dc.subject.fieldofresearchAtomic, molecular and optical physics
dc.subject.fieldofresearchClassical and physical optics
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode5102
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode510302
dc.titleExperimental control of optical helicity in nanophotonics
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
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