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Spectral and Angle-Resolved Magneto-Optical Characterization of Photonic Nanostructures
Published on: November 21, 2019
Weak measurements of a large spin angular splitting of light beam on reflection at the Brewster angle
Xinxing Zhou1, Hailu Luo, Shuangchun Wen
1Key Laboratory for Micro-/Nano-Optoelectronic Devices of Ministry of Education, College of Information Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China.
Abstract:
We reveal a large spin angular splitting of light beam on reflection at the Brewster angle both theoretically and experimentally. A simple weak measurements system manifesting itself for the built-in post-selection technique is proposed to explore this angular splitting. Remarkably, the directions of the spin accumulations can be switched by adjusting the initial handedness of polarization.
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