Berry Phase of Light under Bragg Reflection by Chiral Liquid-Crystal Media

被引：86

作者：

Barboza, Raouf ^{[1
]}

Bortolozzo, Umberto ^{[2
]}

Clerc, Marcel G. ^{[1
]}

Residori, Stefania ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Chile, FCFM, Dept Fis, Casilla 487-3, Santiago, Chile

[2] Univ Nice Sophia Antipolis, CNRS, INLN, 1361 Route Lucioles, F-06560 Valbonne, France

来源：

PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS | 2016年 / 117卷 / 05期

关键词：

OPTICAL-ELEMENTS;

D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.053903

中图分类号：

O4 [物理学];

学科分类号：

0702 ;

摘要：

A Berry phase is revealed for circularly polarized light when it is Bragg reflected by a chiral liquid-crystal medium of the same handedness. By using a chiral nematic layer we demonstrate that if the input plane of the layer is rotated with respect to a fixed reference frame, a geometric phase effect occurs for the circularly polarized light reflected by the periodic helical structure of the medium. Theory and numerical simulations are supported by an experimental observation, disclosing novel applications in the field of optical manipulation and fundamental optical phenomena.

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