Spin photonics: from transverse spin to photonic skyrmions

P Shi, L Du, X Yuan - Nanophotonics, 2021 - degruyter.com
Spin angular momentum associated with circular polarization is a fundamental and
important aspect of photons both in classical and quantum optics. The interaction of this …

Transverse spin dynamics in structured electromagnetic guided waves

P Shi, L Du, C Li, AV Zayats… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Spin–momentum locking, a manifestation of topological properties that governs the behavior
of surface states, was studied intensively in condensed-matter physics and optics, resulting …

Spin‐Controlled Reconfigurable Excitations of Spoof Surface Plasmon Polaritons by a Compact Structure

JF Liu, JW Wu, X Fu, HC Zhang… - Laser & Photonics …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The photonic spin Hall effect (SHE) arises from the spin–orbit interaction of lights and plays
an important role in light–matter interactions. The phenomenon of spin‐momentum locking …

Ultrafast electron cycloids driven by the transverse spin of a surface acoustic wave

MM Sonner, F Khosravi, L Janker, D Rudolph… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Spin-momentum locking is a universal wave phenomenon promising for applications in
electronics and photonics. In acoustics, Lord Rayleigh showed that surface acoustic waves …

Optical skyrmions: from fundamental to applications

A Yang, A Kong, F Meng, X Chen, M Lin, P Shi… - Journal of …, 2025 - iopscience.iop.org
Skyrmions are topologically protected quasi-particles that have aroused substantial interest
in nuclear physics and condensed matter physics. For instance, magnetic skyrmions are …

Spin-orbit interaction of light in three-dimensional microcavities

J Kreismann, M Hentschel - Physical Review A, 2020 - APS
We investigate the spin-orbit coupling of light in three-dimensional cylindrical and tubelike
whispering gallery mode resonators. We show that its origin is the transverse confinement of …

Electron -factor engineering for nonreciprocal spin photonics

P Sengupta, C Khandekar, T Van Mechelen… - Physical Review B, 2020 - APS
We study the interplay of electron and photon spin in nonreciprocal materials. Traditionally,
the primary mechanism to design nonreciprocal photonic devices has been magnetic fields …

Dirac wire: Fermionic waveguides with longitudinal spin

F Khosravi, T Van Mechelen, Z Jacob - Physical Review B, 2019 - APS
The interplay of photon spin and orbital angular momentum (OAM) in the optical fiber (one-
dimensional waveguide) has recently risen to the forefront of quantum nanophotonics. Here …

Unified Spin Electrodynamics of Dirac and Maxwell Fields

F Khosravi - 2021 - era.library.ualberta.ca
Control and manipulation of the angular momentum of optical, electronic, or light-matter
interacting systems has given rise to a myriad of applications. Majority of these applications …

Switching the angular direction of radiation by the handedness of a circular dipole in the vicinity of a subwavelength Mie scatterer

JR Zurita-Sánchez - Physical Review A, 2021 - APS
We study the radiation of a circular dipole nearby a subwavelength spherical particle. The
circular dipole spins in a plane containing a great circle of the spherical particle (meridional …