[CFP8J] Nano Laser, Optical Trapping, and Chiral Photonics

[CFP8J-06] Transport of Circularly Polarized Light in Three-Dimensional Chiral Photonic Crystals

*Shun Takahashi¹, Takeyoshi Tajiri², Yasuhiko Arakawa³, Satoshi Iwamoto^4,5, Willem L. Vos⁶ (1. Kyoto Inst. of Tech. (Japan), 2. Dep. of Communication Eng. and Info., The Univ. of Electro-Communications (Japan), 3. Inst. for Nano Quantum Info. Electronics, The Univ. of Tokyo (Japan), 4. Res. Center for Advanced Sci. and Tech., The Univ. of Tokyo (Japan), 5. Inst. of Indus. Sci., The Univ. of Tokyo (Japan), 6. COPS, MESA+ Inst. for Nanotech., Univ. of Twente (Netherlands))

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Circular dichroism in layer-by-layer chiral photonic crystals is numerically studied. Stop gaps for circular polarization in the stacking direction can be modified by tuning the in-plane period, which is new compared to one-dimensional Bragg structures.