Spin Hall effect of a light beam in left-handed materials

Details Spin Hall effect of a light beam in left-handed materials Spin Hall effect of a light beam in left-handed materials

2009-05-20

arxiv.org/abs/0905.3208v4

Physical Review A 80, 043810 (2009)

Physics

Optics

7 pages, 4 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevA.80.043810

We establish a general propagation model to describe the spin Hall effect of light beam in left-handed materials (LHMs). A spin-dependent shift of the beam centroid perpendicular to the refractive index gradient for the light beam through an air-LHM interface is demonstrated. For a certain circularly polarized component, whether the transverse shift is positive or negative depends on the magnitude of the refractive index gradient. Very surprisingly, the spin Hall effect in the LHM is unreversed, although the sign of refractive index gradient is reversed. The physics underlying this counterintuitive effect is that the spin angular momentum of photons is unreversed. Further, we reveal that the angular shift in the LHM is reversed due to the negative diffraction. These findings provide alternative evidence for that the linear momentum of photons is reversed, while the spin angular momentum is unreversed in the LHM.

Affiliated with

Also associated with

No associations

Rating

Spin Hall effect of a light beam in left-handed materials does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.

If you have personal experience with Spin Hall effect of a light beam in left-handed materials, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Spin Hall effect of a light beam in left-handed materials will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-242103