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Spectral and Angle-Resolved Magneto-Optical Characterization of Photonic Nanostructures
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Radiation of optical angular momentum by a dipole source inside a magneto-optical environment
Optics Letters
|December 23, 2022
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Radiation of electromagnetic energy by electric or magnetic multipole sources can be modified by their local environment. In this work we demonstrate that a magneto-optical environment of an unpolarized dipole source induces the radiation of angular momentum into space. This radiation benefits from Purcell enhancement.
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