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Inverse-Faraday effect from the orbital angular momentum of light
Vage Karakhanyan, Clément Eustache, Yannick Lefier +1
It is usually admitted that the inverse Faraday effect (IFE) originates from the spin angular momentum (SAM) of light. In this paper, we evidence that part of the IFE in a metal is…
Optomagnets in nonmagnetic plasmonic nanostructures
Vage Karakhanyan, Yannick Lefier, Clément Eustache +1
Using a hydrodynamic model of the free electron gas of metal, we theoretically investigate optically-induced DC current loops in a plasmonic nanostructure. Such current loops origi…
Directing nanoscale optical flows by coupling photon spin to plasmon extrinsic angular momentum
Y. Lefier, R. Salut, M. A. Suarez +1
As any physical object, light undergoing a circular trajectory features a constant extrinsic angular momentum. Within strong curvatures, this angular momentum can match the spin mo…
Doubly resonant photonic antenna for single infrared quantum dot imaging at telecommunication wavelengths
Zhihua Xie, Miguel Suarez, Mathieu Mivelle +3
Colloidal Quantum dots (CQDs) are nowadays one of the cornerstones of modern photonics as they have led to the emergence of new optoelectronic and biomedical technologies. However,…
On the Coupling of Photon Spin to Electron Orbital Angular Momentum
Ulrich C. Fischer, Florian Fontein, Harald Fuchs +3
Partially gold coated 90 degree glass wedges and a semi - infinite slit in a thin film of gold ending in a conducting nano-junction serve as samples to investigate the transfer of…
Unidirectional sub-diffraction waveguiding based on optical spin-orbit coupling in subwavelength plasmonic waveguides
Yannick Lefier, Thierry Grosjean
Subwavelength plasmonic waveguides show the unique ability of strongly localizing (down to the nanoscale) and guiding light. These structures are intrinsically two-way optical comm…