Researchers at Aalto University have discovered a novel way
of combining plasmonic and magneto-optical effects.
(May 7, 2015) Researchers experimentally demonstrated that
patterning of magnetic materials into arrays of nanoscale dots can lead to a
very strong and highly controllable modification of the polarization of light
when the beam reflects from the array. This discovery could increase the
sensitivity of optical components for telecommunication and biosensing
applications. The result was just published in Nature Communications journal.