Spin-orbital interaction of light attracts much attention in nanophotonics opening new horizons for modern optical systems and devices. The photonic spin Hall effect or Imbert-Fedorov shift takes a special place among the variety of spin-orbital interaction phenomena. It exhibits as a polarization-dependent transverse light shift usually observed in specular scattering of light at interfaces with anisotropic materials. Nevertheless, the effect of the polarization mixing caused by anisotropy on the Imbert-Fedorov shift is commonly underestimated. In this work, we demonstrate that polarization mixing contribution cannot be ignored for a broad range of optical systems. In particular, we show the dominant influence of the mixing term over the standard one for the polarized optical beam incident at a quarter-wave plate within the paraxial approximation. Moreover, our study reveals a novel contribution with extraordinary polarization dependence not observable within the simplified approach. We believe that these results advance the understanding of photonic spin Hall effect and open new opportunities for spin-dependent optical phenomena.

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Resonators are one of the main building blocks of many acoustic, photonic, and microwave devices such as metasurfaces, sensing devices, antennas, and many more. One of the main properties of any resonator, which also determines the properties of the structure, based on the resonator, is the quality (Q) factor. Q-factor of the resonator is limited due to material and radiative losses. In this paper, we propose the existence of modes of solid resonators, immersed in a nonviscious fluid, which are non-radiative, and therefore, their Q-factor is limited only by material losses.

To date, nanoscale dielectric and plasmonic systems with a nonlinear response are of great interest to researchers. This is due to a wide range of their potential applications in nonlinear optical converters and optical communication systems. The fundamental problem of nanoscale frequency converters is the low efficiency of nonlinear optical generation. The reason for this is that the main mechanism for increasing the efficiency of nonlinear signal generation via phase matching is not available at scales smaller than the wavelength. Here, we experimentally investigate the generation of the second optical harmonic in hybrid GaP/Au nanoparticles resonantly enhanced with plasmonic and Mie resonances. Using dark-field spectroscopy, it is shown that nanoantennas support a series of optical resonances in the visible range, the spectral position of which is in good agreement with the numerical simulation. We measured the second harmonic generation spectrum, with sharp resonances which is in accordance with linear scattering. Finally, the dependence of the second harmonic optical signal on the polarization is measured.