Spectral properties of chiral electromagnetic near fields created by chiral plasmonic nanostructures

Abstract

The surface-enhanced chiral-optical spectroscopy is based on the interaction of chiral molecules with chiral electromagnetic near field localized on a chiral plasmonic nanostructure. It is of fundamental importance to reveal the spectral characteristics of chiral near fields for maximizing the chiral interaction. Here we investigate relations between near field and far field polarization characteristics of the chiral plasmonic nanostructures, using electromagnetic simulations. We found that spectral features of chiral near fields created by the nanostructures intercorrelate with those of far field optical rotation. This finding may provide us a method to characterize and design the chiral near field.