Skip to main content
Fig. 1 | Nano Convergence

Fig. 1

From: Chiral metamaterials: enhancement and control of optical activity and circular dichroism

Fig. 1

Optical activity and circular dichroism in chiral medium. a Optical activity: the electric field vector of linearly polarised light rotates around the axis parallel to its propagation direction (+z) while passing a chiral medium. b Circular dichroism: transmissions for RCP and LCP waves are different to each other due to difference in absorptions between RCP and LCP waves. At a fixed point in space, the electric field vector of RCP (LCP) wave rotates around the z axis in clockwise (anticlockwise) direction when the observer is facing into the oncoming wave

Back to article page