Classical approaches to chiral polaritonics
Language
en
Article de revue
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Physical Review A. 2024, vol. 109, n° 2, p. 023528
American Physical Society
English Abstract
We provide a theoretical framework based on classical electromagnetism to describe optical properties of Fabry-Pérot cavities filled with multilayered and linear chiral materials. We find a formal link between transfer-matrix, ...Read more >
We provide a theoretical framework based on classical electromagnetism to describe optical properties of Fabry-Pérot cavities filled with multilayered and linear chiral materials. We find a formal link between transfer-matrix, scattering-matrix, and Green-function approaches to compute the polarization-dependent optical transmission, and cavity-modified circular dichroism signals. We show how general symmetries like Lorentz's reciprocity and time-reversal symmetry constrain the modeling of such cavities. We apply this approach to investigate numerically and analytically the properties of various Fabry-Pérot cavities, made of either metallic or helicity-preserving dielectric photonic crystal mirrors. In the latter case, we analyze the onset of chiral cavity polaritons in terms of partial helicity preservation of electromagnetic waves reflected at the mirror interfaces. Our approach is relevant for designing innovative Fabry-Pérot cavities for chiral sensing and for probing cavity-modified stereochemistry.Read less <
English Keywords
Chirality
Polaritons
Polarization of light
Cavity methods
ANR Project
Réactions Chimiques, Transfert de Charges et d'Energie en Cavité Electromagnétique - ANR-18-CE30-0006
Origin
Hal imported