Photonic spin Hall effect using hybrid Tamm plasmon polariton

Here, we report a photonic spin Hall effect (PSHE), i.e., splitting of opposite spin in a transverse direction using a multi-layered metallo-dielectric heterostructure by hybridization of a Tamm plasmon polariton and a surface plasmon polariton. The underlying mechanism of PSHE is also explained using the concept of superposition of normal and abnormal modes in the circular-polarization basis. It is revealed that the spin-dependent transverse shift for the proposed hybrid structure is enormously high owing to the transverse shift of similar to 18 mu m. The PSHE is found to be strongly dependent on the number of bi-layers of the structure and the analyte refractive index, which provides an additional degree of freedom for tailoring the device performance. Therefore, this study opens a pathway for developing next-generation photonic spin Hall devices in the fields of spin photonics, optical sensing, and optical communications.