2021/05/18 by Jérôme Gautier, Gautier, Jérôme, Minghao Li +5 · 2 citations
Computer Science · Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci) #Mechanical and Optical Resonators #Optics (physics.optics) #Quantum Information and Cryptography #Strong Light-Matter Interactions
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2105.08605
openalex publication_date 2021/05/18 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
We design, in a most simple way, Fabry-Perot cavities with longitudinal chiral modes by sandwiching between two smooth metallic silver mirrors a layer of polystyrene made planar chiral by torsional shear stress. We demonstrate that the helicity-preserving features of our cavities stem from a spin-orbit coupling mechanism seeded inside the cavities by the specific chiroptical features of planar chirality. Planar chirality gives rise to an extrinsic source of three-dimensional chirality under oblique illumination that endows the cavities with enantiomorphic signatures measured experimentally and simulated with excellent agreement. The simplicity of our scheme is particularly promising in the context of chiral cavity QED and polaritonic asymmetric chemistry.