Plasmon-mediated magneto-optical transparency

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Belotelov, V.
Kreilkamp, L.
Akimov, I.
Kalish, A.
Bykov, D.
Kasture, S.
Yallapragada, V.
Gopal, Achanta Venu
Grishin, A.
Khartsev, S.
Nur-E-Alam, M.
Vasiliev, M.
Doskolovich, L.
Yakovlev, D.
Alameh, K.
Zvezdin, A.
Bayer, M.
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2013
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Magnetic field control of light is among the most intriguing methods for modulation of light intensity and polarization on sub-nanosecond timescales. The implementation in nanostructured hybrid materials provides a remarkable increase of magneto-optical effects. However, so far only the enhancement of already known effects has been demonstrated in such materials. Here we postulate a novel magneto-optical phenomenon that originates solely from suitably designed nanostructured metal-dielectric material, the so-called magneto-plasmonic crystal. In this material, an incident light excites coupled plasmonic oscillations and a waveguide mode. An in-plane magnetic field allows excitation of an orthogonally polarized waveguide mode that modifies optical spectrum of the magneto-plasmonic crystal and increases its transparency. The experimentally achieved light intensity modulation reaches 24%. As the effect can potentially exceed 100%, it may have great importance for applied nanophotonics. Further, the effect allows manipulating and exciting waveguide modes by a magnetic field and light of proper polarization.

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Nature Communications

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4

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© The Author(s) 2013. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License which permits unrestricted, non-commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, providing that the work is properly cited. To view a copy of this license visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/

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