Goos–Hänchen and Imbert–Fedorov shifts of the Airy beam in dirac metamaterials

Abstract

We theoretically derive the expression for the Goos-Hänchen(GH) and Imbert-Fedorov(IF) shifts of the Airy beam in Dirac metamaterial. In this work, the large GH and IF shifts can be found when the Airy beam is reflected near the Dirac and Brewster angles. Compared to the Gaussian beam, the GH shifts of the Airy beam are more obvious in the vicinity of the Brewster angle. Interestingly, it is found that the ability to produce an Airy vortex beam at the Dirac point. In addition, the magnitude and the direction of the GH shifts can be controlled by the rotation angles of the Airy beam. We take advantage of this property to design a reflective optical switch based on the rotation angle-controlled GH shifts of the Dirac metamaterial. Our solutions provide the possibility to implement light-tuned optical switches. Moreover, our model can also be used to describe the GH and IF shifts generated by novel beams in other similar photonic systems

Revisiting physical mechanism of longitudinal photonic spin splitting and Goos-Hänchen shift

“…Afterwards, an analogous effect called the longitudinal PSHE (or longitudinal photonic spin splitting) has been observed, involving the in-plane spin separation [9]. Due to their extensive practical applications such as high-precision measurements [10,11] and optical spatial differentiation [12,13], the PSHE and beam shifts have been investigated extensively for various beam types as well as materials [14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28].…”

Interference effect on Goos–Hänchen shifts of anisotropic medium interface

“…More recently, there has been increasing interest in studying GH displacement at anisotropic interfaces, including chiral metamaterials [37,38], graphene-on-substrate systems [39][40][41], and semimetal metamaterials [42][43][44]. Previous studies have extensively examined the variations of anisotropic interface parameters on GH displacement and explored methods for manipulating it.…”