Experimental demonstration of the microscopic origin of circular dichroism in two-dimensional metamaterials

A. B. Khanikaev; N. Arju; Z. Fan; D. Purtseladze; F. Lu; J. Lee; P. Sarriugarte; M. Schnell; R. Hillenbrand; M. A. Belkin; G. Shvets

doi:10.1038/ncomms12045

Nature Communications (Jun 2016)

Experimental demonstration of the microscopic origin of circular dichroism in two-dimensional metamaterials

A. B. Khanikaev,
N. Arju,
Z. Fan,
D. Purtseladze,
F. Lu,
J. Lee,
P. Sarriugarte,
M. Schnell,
R. Hillenbrand,
M. A. Belkin,
G. Shvets

Affiliations

A. B. Khanikaev: Department of Physics, Queens College and Graduate Center of The City University of New York
N. Arju: Department of Physics, The University of Texas at Austin
Z. Fan: Department of Physics, The University of Texas at Austin
D. Purtseladze: Department of Physics, The University of Texas at Austin
F. Lu: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin
J. Lee: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin
P. Sarriugarte: CIC nanoGUNE Consolider, Tolosa Hiribidea, 76
M. Schnell: CIC nanoGUNE Consolider, Tolosa Hiribidea, 76
R. Hillenbrand: CIC nanoGUNE Consolider, Tolosa Hiribidea, 76
M. A. Belkin: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin
G. Shvets: Department of Physics, The University of Texas at Austin

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12045
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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The effect of Ohmic dissipation in two-dimensional chiral materials has never been experimentally verified. Here, Khanikaev et al. demonstrate that the circular dichroism in a nanostructured metasurface occurs due to handedness-dependent Ohmic heating.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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