10 research outputs found
Spin-orbit interaction of light induced by transverse spin angular momentum engineering
We report the first demonstration of a direct interaction between the
extraordinary transverse spin angular momentum in evanescent waves and the
intrinsic orbital angular momentum in optical vortex beams. By tapping the
evanescent wave of whispering gallery modes in a micro-ring-based optical
vortex emitter and engineering the transverse spin state carried therein, a
transverse-spin-to-orbital conversion of angular momentum is predicted in the
emitted vortex beams. Numerical and experimental investigations are presented
for the proof-of-principle demonstration of this unconventional interplay
between the spin and orbital angular momenta, which could provide new
possibilities and restrictions on the optical angular momentum manipulation
techniques on the sub-wavelength scale. This phenomenon further gives rise to
an enhanced spin-direction coupling effect in which waveguide or surface modes
are unidirectional excited by incident optical vortex, with the directionality
jointly controlled by spin-orbit states. Our results enrich the spin-orbit
interaction phenomena by identifying a previously unknown pathway between the
polarization and spatial degrees of freedom of light, and can enable a variety
of functionalities employing spin and orbital angular momenta of light in
applications such as communications and quantum information processing
On-chip switchable radially and azimuthally polarized vortex beam generation
Cylindrical vector vortex (CVV) beams, complex light fields that exhibit a vector nature and carry quantized orbital angular momentum (OAM) states, have been widely investigated due to their rich applications. Current technologies to generate CVV beams using individual polarization and spatial phase manipulations suffer from bulky size and low configurability. In this Letter, we propose and experimentally demonstrate an approach to generate CVV beams with a single integrated device based on a silicon nitride microring resonator and embedded top-gratings. The device allows the manipulation of both the polarization and OAM degrees of freedom of light, and enables the generation of both radially and azimuthally polarized CVV beams. In addition, we develop a method to fabricate the devices of shallow-etched top-gratings with only one-step etching. To the best of our knowledge, this novel method provides new capabilities to develop on-chip integrated devices with great ease and flexibility
Hybrid light-emitting polymer/SiN<sub>x</sub> platform for photonic integration
Organic semiconductors have potentials for a broad range of applications;
however, it is difficult to be integrated with traditional inorganic material
to meet the need of further application. Based on low-temperature silicon
nitride (SiNx) deposition technique, here we demonstrate a hybrid structure
fabricated by directly depositing high-quality SiNx on organic polymer film
Poly[2-(2',5'-bis(2"-ethylhexyloxy)- phenyl) -1,4-phenylene vinylene]
(BEHP-PPV). Stacked BEHP-PPV/SiNx hybrid structures with different periods are
obtained and their optical properties are systematically characterized.
Moreover, a group of BEHP/PPV embedded SiNx micro-disk is fabricated and
amplification of spontaneous emission (ASE) is observed under optical pumping,
further confirming that the gain properties of BEHP/PPV are well preserved. Our
technique offers a platform to fabricate organic/inorganic hybrid optical
devices compatible with integrated components.Comment: 6 pages, 4 figure