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Waveguides: Chiral Light in Helically Twisted Photonic Lattices (Advanced Optical Materials 16/2017)
Author(s) -
Zannotti Alessandro,
Diebel Falko,
Boguslawski Martin,
Denz Cornelia
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
advanced optical materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.89
H-Index - 91
ISSN - 2195-1071
DOI - 10.1002/adom.201770073
Subject(s) - materials science , chirality (physics) , photonics , fabrication , optoelectronics , optics , refractive index , waveguide , nonlinear optical , angular momentum , nonlinear system , physics , quantum mechanics , nambu–jona lasinio model , quark , medicine , chiral symmetry breaking , alternative medicine , pathology
Inspired by nature's exploiting of robust helical building blocks, in article number 1600629 , Alessandro Zannotti and co‐workers realize an optical analogue of a helix structure in the refractive index of a nonlinear optical material. The cover figure depicts the process of fabrication by twisting strands of light. The authors demonstrate the selectivity of optical twisted waveguide arrays to chiral light carrying orbital angular momentum, thus representing a biomimetic sensor of chirality.