Loss-induced transition of the Goos-Hänchen effect for metals and dielectrics

Götte, J.B. , Aiello, A. and Woerdman, J.P. (2008) Loss-induced transition of the Goos-Hänchen effect for metals and dielectrics. Optics Express, 16(6), pp. 3961-3969. (doi: 10.1364/OE.16.003961) (PMID:18542493)

Abstract

We report a unifying approach to the Goos-Hänchen (GH) shifts on external optical reflection for metals and dielectrics in particular for the case of high losses, that is for a large imaginary part of the dielectric constant. In this regime metals and dielectrics have a similar GH shift which is in contrast to the low-loss regime where the metallic and dielectric forms of the GH shift are very different. When going from the low-loss to the high-loss regime we find that metals show a much more prominent transition; we present a condition on the dielectric constant which characterizes this transition. We illustrate our theoretical analysis with a realistic example of seven lossy materials.

• Item Type: Articles
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Goette, Dr Joerg
• Authors: Götte, J.B., Aiello, A., and Woerdman, J.P.
• College/School: College of Science and Engineering > School of Physics and Astronomy
• Journal Name: Optics Express
• Publisher: Optical Society of America
• ISSN: 1094-4087
• ISSN (Online): 1094-4087
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2008 OSA
• First Published: First published in Optics Express 16(6):3961-3969
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher