Ultrafast spatiotemporal chiroptical response of dielectric and plasmonic nanospheres

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Main Authors: Singh, Ankit Kumar, Huang, Jer-Shing
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Published: 2023
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author Singh, Ankit Kumar
Huang, Jer-Shing
author_facet Singh, Ankit Kumar
Huang, Jer-Shing
contents We theoretically examine the spatiotemporal evolution of enhanced near-field optical chirality (OC) in both plasmonic and dielectric nanospheres when excited by ultrashort optical pulses. We demonstrate distinct spatiotemporal variations in near-field OC arising from the differing natures of plasmonic and dielectric resonators. The electric dipole resonant plasmonic nanosphere generates instantaneous near-field OC that relies on the interference between incident and scattered (induced) fields. Conversely, a resonant dielectric nanosphere sustains long-lasting OC even after the incident field diminishes due to the scattered field from resonant electric and magnetic dipole modes. We further demonstrate the control over the near-field OC using vector beams. Our work opens up opportunities for spatiotemporal control of nanostructure-enhanced chiral-light matter interactions.
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spellingShingle Ultrafast spatiotemporal chiroptical response of dielectric and plasmonic nanospheres
Singh, Ankit Kumar
Huang, Jer-Shing
Optics
We theoretically examine the spatiotemporal evolution of enhanced near-field optical chirality (OC) in both plasmonic and dielectric nanospheres when excited by ultrashort optical pulses. We demonstrate distinct spatiotemporal variations in near-field OC arising from the differing natures of plasmonic and dielectric resonators. The electric dipole resonant plasmonic nanosphere generates instantaneous near-field OC that relies on the interference between incident and scattered (induced) fields. Conversely, a resonant dielectric nanosphere sustains long-lasting OC even after the incident field diminishes due to the scattered field from resonant electric and magnetic dipole modes. We further demonstrate the control over the near-field OC using vector beams. Our work opens up opportunities for spatiotemporal control of nanostructure-enhanced chiral-light matter interactions.
title Ultrafast spatiotemporal chiroptical response of dielectric and plasmonic nanospheres
topic Optics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.14371