Experimental observation of specular optical activity
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Specular optical activity of achiral metasurfaces
Optical activity in 3D-chiral media in the form of circular dichroism and birefringence is a fundamental phenomenon that serves as evidence of life forms and is widely used in spectroscopy. Even in 3D-chiral media exhibiting strong transmission optical activity, the reflective effect is weak and sometimes undetectable. Here we report that specular optical activity at structured interfaces can b...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Physical Review Letters
سال: 1993
ISSN: 0031-9007
DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.70.3039