Left-right asymmetry in an optical nanofiber
Optics
2011-02-25 v1 Quantum Physics
Abstract
Symmetry breaking effect for left- and right-handed circularly polarized light beams propagating in a rotationally symmetric graded-index optical fiber is presented. It is shown that a left-right asymmetry manifested as an unequal transmission for opposite circular polarizations occurs due to spin-to-spin angular momentum conversion caused by tensor interaction.
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@article{arxiv.1102.5074,
title = {Left-right asymmetry in an optical nanofiber},
author = {N. I. Petrov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1102.5074},
year = {2011}
}
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