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All-optical directional switching of non-thermal photocurrents in plasmonic nanocircuits
Roméo Zapata, Diana Singh, Obren Markovic +9
Controlling the flow of electricity in metallic circuits with light is a key goal for future optoelectronics. In this work, we demonstrate all-optical generation and directional co…
Engineering Magnetization with Photons: Nanoscale Advances in the Inverse Faraday Effect for Metallic and Plasmonic Systems
Chantal Hareau, Xingyu Yang, Maria Sanz +2
The inverse Faraday effect, the ability of light to act as a source of magnetism, is a cornerstone of modern ultrafast optics. Harnessing this effect at the nanoscale promises to t…
Twisting Light, Steering Spins: Gold Nanoparticle Magnetization via Inverse Faraday and Orbital Angular Momentum
Xingyu Yang, Chantal Harreau, Mathieu Mivelle
We present a new approach to controlling magnetization in gold nanoparticles using the Inverse Faraday Effect combined with Laguerre-Gauss beams carrying orbital angular momentum.…
Plasmonic Metasurfaces for Magnetic Skyrmion Control via the Inverse Faraday Effect
Xingyu Yang, Chantal Hareau, Tristan da Câmara Santa Clara Gomes +6
Magnetic skyrmions hold high promise for low power spintronic and neuromorphic computing. However, existing manipulation schemes rely predominantly on local thermal excitation, ren…
Skyrmion Generation in a Plasmonic Nanoantenna through the Inverse Faraday Effect
Xingyu Yang, Ye Mou, Bruno Gallas +2
Skyrmions are topological structures characterized by a winding vectorial configuration that provides a quantized topological charge. In magnetic materials, skyrmions are localized…
Femtosecond drift photocurrents generated by an inversely designed plasmonic antenna
Ye Mou, Xingyu Yang, Marlo Vega +4
Photocurrents play a crucial role in various applications, including light detection, photovoltaics, and THz radiation generation. Despite the abundance of methods and materials fo…
A Reversed Inverse Faraday Effect
Ye Mou, Xingyu Yang, Bruno Gallas +1
The inverse Faraday effect is a magneto-optical process allowing the magnetization of matter by an optical excitation carrying a non-zero spin of light. In particular, a right circ…
A magnetic monopole nanoantenna
Benoît Reynier, Xingyu Yang, Bruno Gallas +2
Magnetic monopoles are hypothetical particles that, like electric monopoles which generate electric fields, are at the origin of magnetic fields. Despite many efforts, to date, the…
An achiral magnetic photonic antenna as a tunable nanosource of superchiral light
Lingfei Cui, Xingyu Yang, Benoît Reynier +4
Sensitivity to molecular chirality is crucial for many fields, from biology and chemistry to the pharmaceutical industry. By generating superchiral light, nanophotonics has brought…
Full control of electric and magnetic light-matter interactions through a plasmonic nanomirror on a near-field tip
Benoît Reynier, Eric Charron, Obren Markovic +5
Light-matter interactions are often considered governed by the electric optical field only, leaving aside the magnetic component of light. However, the magnetic part plays a determ…
A Chiral Inverse Faraday Effect Mediated by an Inversely Designed Plasmonic Antenna
Ye Mou, Xingyu Yang, Bruno Gallas +1
The inverse Faraday effect is a magneto-optical process allowing the magnetization of matter by an optical excitation carrying a non-zero spin or orbital moment of light. This phen…
An inverse Faraday effect through linear polarized light
Xingyu Yang, Ye Mou, Homero Zapata +3
The inverse Faraday effect (IFE) allows the generation of magnetic fields by optical excitation only. Since its discovery in the 60s, it was believed that only an elliptical or cir…