Faraday and Kerr Effects in Right and Left-Handed Films and Layered Materials
In the present work, we study the rotations of the polarization of light propagating in right and left-handed films and layered structures. Through the use of complex values representing the rotations we analyze the transmission (Faraday effect) and reflections (Kerr effect) of light. It is shown th...
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doaj-cb78bb34df0143998a430cfb28e9703b2021-09-05T14:00:08ZengDe GruyterReviews on Advanced Materials Science1605-81272020-07-0159124325110.1515/rams-2020-0032rams-2020-0032Faraday and Kerr Effects in Right and Left-Handed Films and Layered MaterialsLofy Josh0Gasparian Vladimir1Gevorkian Zhyrair2Jódar Esther3Department of Physics, California State University, Bakersfield, CA 93311, United States of AmericaDepartment of Physics, California State University, Bakersfield, CA 93311, United States of AmericaYerevan Physics Institute, Yerevan, Armenia and Institute of Radiophysics and Electronics, Ashtarak-2, 0203, ArmeniaDpto. Física Aplicada, Antiguo Hospital de Marina, Campus Muralla del Mar. UPCT, Cartagena 30202 Murcia, Spain; Tel.: +34 968338925; Fax +34968325337In the present work, we study the rotations of the polarization of light propagating in right and left-handed films and layered structures. Through the use of complex values representing the rotations we analyze the transmission (Faraday effect) and reflections (Kerr effect) of light. It is shown that the real and imaginary parts of the complex angle of Faraday and Kerr rotations are odd and even functions for the refractive index n, respectively. In the thin film case with left-handed materials there are large resonant enhancements of the reflected Kerr angle that could be obtained experimentally. In the magnetic clock approach, used in the tunneling time problem, two characteristic time components are related to the real and imaginary portions of the complex Faraday rotation angle . The complex angle at the different propagation regimes through a finite stack of alternating right and left-handed materials is analyzed in detail. We found that, in spite of the fact that Re(θ) in the forbidden gap is almost zero, the Im(θ) changes drastically in both value and sign.https://doi.org/10.1515/rams-2020-0032left-handed materialsmetamaterialsfaraday rotation anglekerr effectpolarization of light |
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Faraday and Kerr Effects in Right and Left-Handed Films and Layered Materials |
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Faraday and Kerr Effects in Right and Left-Handed Films and Layered Materials |
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Faraday and Kerr Effects in Right and Left-Handed Films and Layered Materials |
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Faraday and Kerr Effects in Right and Left-Handed Films and Layered Materials |
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Faraday and Kerr Effects in Right and Left-Handed Films and Layered Materials |
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faraday and kerr effects in right and left-handed films and layered materials |
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Reviews on Advanced Materials Science |
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In the present work, we study the rotations of the polarization of light propagating in right and left-handed films and layered structures. Through the use of complex values representing the rotations we analyze the transmission (Faraday effect) and reflections (Kerr effect) of light. It is shown that the real and imaginary parts of the complex angle of Faraday and Kerr rotations are odd and even functions for the refractive index n, respectively. In the thin film case with left-handed materials there are large resonant enhancements of the reflected Kerr angle that could be obtained experimentally. In the magnetic clock approach, used in the tunneling time problem, two characteristic time components are related to the real and imaginary portions of the complex Faraday rotation angle . The complex angle at the different propagation regimes through a finite stack of alternating right and left-handed materials is analyzed in detail. We found that, in spite of the fact that Re(θ) in the forbidden gap is almost zero, the Im(θ) changes drastically in both value and sign. |
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left-handed materials metamaterials faraday rotation angle kerr effect polarization of light |
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