Coriolis Effect in Optics: Unified Geometric Phase and Spin-Hall Effect

Konstantin Y. Bliokh, Yuri Gorodetski, Vladimir Kleiner, and Erez Hasman
Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 030404 – Published 16 July 2008

Abstract

We examine the spin-orbit coupling effects that appear when a wave carrying intrinsic angular momentum interacts with a medium. The Berry phase is shown to be a manifestation of the Coriolis effect in a noninertial reference frame attached to the wave. In the most general case, when both the direction of propagation and the state of the wave are varied, the phase is given by a simple expression that unifies the spin redirection Berry phase and the Pancharatnam-Berry phase. The theory is supported by the experiment demonstrating the spin-orbit coupling of electromagnetic waves via a surface plasmon nanostructure. The measurements verify the unified geometric phase, demonstrated by the observed polarization-dependent shift (spin-Hall effect) of the waves.

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  • Received 14 February 2008

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.030404

©2008 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Konstantin Y. Bliokh1,2,3, Yuri Gorodetski1, Vladimir Kleiner1, and Erez Hasman1

  • 1Micro and Nanooptics Laboratory, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, and Russel Berrie Nanotechnology Institute, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 32000, Israel
  • 2Institute of Radio Astronomy, 4 Krasnoznamyonnaya Street, Kharkov 61002, Ukraine
  • 3Nonlinear Physics Centre, Research School of Physical Sciences and Engineering, Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia

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Vol. 101, Iss. 3 — 18 July 2008

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