Giant Photonic Spin Hall Effect (IMAGE)

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Giant Photonic Spin Hall Effect

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Light propagating through a metamaterial follows a curved trajectory that drags light with different circular polarization in opposite transverse directions to produce a giant photonic Spin Hall effect.

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Image courtesy of Zhang group

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