Control of Geometric Phase by Dynamic Phase

  • Aleksi Leinonen*
  • , Taco D. Visser
  • , Ari T. Friberg
  • , Tommi K. Hakala
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The geometric and dynamic phases are generally treated as independent and together give rise to the total phase of a system. Here, we present a scenario in which these two phases become strongly interdependent. We achieve this by introducing a modified Young’s double-slit configuration that supports surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) propagating between the slits. Remarkably, by varying the slit separation distance, and hence the dynamic SPP phase, by just a single plasmon wavelength, the geometric phase can be significantly modified.
Original languageEnglish
Article number014033
JournalPhysical Review Applied
Volume21
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 18 Jan 2024
MoE publication typeA1 Journal article-refereed

Funding

This work is part of the Research Council of Finland’s flagship program Photonics Research and Innovation (PREIN, 346518), and project numbers 322002 and 359450. AL thanks the Finnish Cultural Foundation for financial support. TDV acknowledges support from the Joensuu University Foundation.

Keywords

  • Plasmonics
  • polarization
  • geometric phase
  • optical physics

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