Terahertz Optical Activity of a Subwavelength Helix

K. J. Chau; A. Y. Elezzabi

Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics/Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference and Photonic Applications Systems Technologies
OSA Technical Digest (CD) (Optica Publishing Group, 2008),
paper CTuD7

Terahertz Optical Activity of a Subwavelength Helix

K. J. Chau and A. Y. Elezzabi

Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics 2008

San Jose, California United States
4–9 May 2008
ISBN: 978-1-55752-859-9

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K. J. Chau and A. Y. Elezzabi, "Terahertz Optical Activity of a Subwavelength Helix," in Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics/Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference and Photonic Applications Systems Technologies, OSA Technical Digest (CD) (Optica Publishing Group, 2008), paper CTuD7.

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Abstract

We study terahertz pulse propagation through a subwavelength helix; it is shown that polarization rotation accrues linearly within the helix, revealing a direct relationship between the optical activity of a helix and its geometrical chirality.

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