Nature engineered metasurfaces: spin-to-orbital angular momentum conversion in diatom frustules

Evolution provided, through eras, several animal, vegetal, and protist species with sub-micrometric constituent structures able to manipulate light at the nanoscale in non trivial ways. In particular, diatoms are single-celled microalgae enclosed in a porous silica shell, the frustule, perforated by...

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Main Authors: De Tommasi Edoardo, Ferrara Maria Antonietta, Coppola Giuseppe, Zito Gianluigi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: EDP Sciences 2022-01-01
Series:EPJ Web of Conferences
Online Access:https://www.epj-conferences.org/articles/epjconf/pdf/2022/10/epjconf_eosam2022_09011.pdf