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Magnetic light

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2009-11-10 v1

Abstract

In this paper we report on the observation of novel and highly unusual magnetic state of light. It appears that in small holes light quanta behave as small magnets so that light propagation through such holes may be affected by magnetic field. When arrays of such holes are made, magnetic light of the individual holes forms novel and highly unusual two-dimensional magnetic light material. Magnetic light may soon become a great new tool for quantum communication and computing.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0305661,
  title  = {Magnetic light},
  author = {Igor I. Smolyaninov and Jill Elliott and Anatoly V. Zayats},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0305661},
  year   = {2009}
}

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Submitted to Phys.Rev.Lett., 3 figures