Open AccessSpin Hall effect of reflected light at the air-uniaxial crystal interface
Author(s) -
Yi Qin,
Yan Li,
Xiaobo Feng,
Zhaopei Liu,
Huanyu He,
YunFeng Xiao,
Qihuang Gong
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.18.016832
Subject(s) - optics , uniaxial crystal , polarization (electrochemistry) , light beam , ray , spin hall effect , materials science , total internal reflection , condensed matter physics , crystal (programming language) , optical axis , spin polarization , physics , electron , chemistry , programming language , quantum mechanics , computer science , lens (geology)
We theoretically and experimentally study the spin Hall effect of reflected light at an air-uniaxial crystal interface. The spin-dependent nanometer-sized displacements depend not only on the incident polarization and the incident angle of the light beam, but also on the orientation of the crystal optic axis. The experimental results are in perfect agreement with theoretical predictions for the vertical and horizontal polarization incidence.