Spin-orbit interaction through Brillouin scattering in nanofibers

EPJ Web of Conferences(2023)

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Spin-orbit interactions (SOI), describing the transfer of a spin degree of freedom to an orbital angular momentum (OAM), have been widely explored in recent opto-acoustic studies for applications mainly in spintronics and for topological insulators [1]. We report the observation of SOI by Brillouin scattering in an optical nanofiber. Specifically, we describe the transfer of a spin degree of freedom from light incident to the nanofiber to an acoustic vortex with a topological charge of order 2 in the form of OAM. Coupled with the phase matching condition for the energy conservation during Brillouin scattering, it results in a backscattered wave with a spin opposite to the incident wave. This observation allows considering applications of opto-acoustic Brillouin memory based on polarization conversion through a SOI [2].
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nanofibers,brillouin,spin-orbit
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