Optical analogue of the spin Hall effect in a photonic cavity

M. Maragkou; C.E. Richards; T. Ostatnický; A.J.D. Grundy; J. Zajac; M. Hugues; W. Langbein; P.G. Lagoudakis

doi:10.1364/OL.36.001095

Optical analogue of the spin Hall effect in a photonic cavity

M. Maragkou
, C.E. Richards
, T. Ostatnický
, A.J.D. Grundy
, J. Zajac
, M. Hugues
, W. Langbein
, P.G. Lagoudakis

Department of Physics

Cardiff University
Charles University
University of Southampton
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
National Centre for Energy Systems Integration

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We observe anisotropy in the polarization flux generated in a GaAs/AlAs photonic cavity by optical illumination, equivalent to spin currents in strongly coupled microcavities. Polarization rotation of the scattered photons around the Rayleigh ring is due to the TE-TM splitting of the cavity mode. Resolving the circular polarization components of the transmission reveals a separation of the polarization flux in momentum space. These observations constitute the optical analogue of the spin Hall effect.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1095-1097
Number of pages	3
Journal	Optics Letters
Volume	36
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.36.001095
Publication status	Published - 01 Apr 2011

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