Weak value amplification using spectral interference of Fano resonance
arXiv:1903.10256
Abstract
The extraordinary concept of weak value amplification and a number of other seemingly counter-intuitive wave phenomena are manifestations of fine interference effects. Taking example of one such intriguing wave interference phenomenon, namely, optical Fano resonance, we show that weak value amplification naturally arises in such scenario due to near destructive spectral interference between a continuum mode and a narrow resonance mode which mimics the corresponding near destructive interference between the eigenstates of the measuring observable as a consequence of nearly mutually orthogonal pre and post selections of the system states. In order to elucidate this, we first experimentally demonstrate a weak measurement concept that uses near destructive interference of two paths of an interferometer having slightly rotated linear polarization states of light. By generating nearly destructive interference between the two paths with small amplitude and phase offsets of the waves, we observe both real and imaginary (respectively) weak value amplification of the small polarization rotation leading to large rotation of the polarization vector orientation and dramatic changes in the circular polarization descriptor 4th Stokes vector element of light, respectively. We go on to demonstrate that the giant enhancement of small Faraday rotation in the vicinity of the Fano spectral dip in waveguided magneto-plasmonic crystal is a manifestation of such natural interferometric weak value amplification.
arXiv comment14 pages, 3 figures
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