We recently reported on the generation of a plasmon-induced static magnetic field in a metallic nanostructure [1]. According to our convention used to define circular polarization, we considered in our numerical simulations a left circular polarization instead of a right circular polarization as noted in the manuscript.

 

Fig. 1. Amended version of Fig. 2 in Ref. [1]. (a)–(c) Distributions in the (x0z) plane of the currents induced by (a) the magnetic Lorentz and (b) quadrupolar and (c) convective nonlinear source terms. Each current value is calculated across a $0.1 \times 0.1\;{\rm{n}}{{\rm{m}}^2}$ area. (d) Electric field intensity in the (x0z) plane of the plasmonic resonant mode of our nanoparticle. Scale bars: 5 nm.

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In addition, the colorbars of Figs. 2 and 3 were affected by a scaling error due to a power normalization issue in our simulation software. The DC current as well as static magnetic fields and forces shown in Fig. 2 and Fig 3 were underestimated by a factor of 10,000. These parameters are actually given in nA, $\mu{\rm{T}}$ and N per 10 mW, respectively, instead of in nA, $\mu{\rm{T}}$ and N per watt. Here, we provide revised versions of the figures with amended colorbars. Figures 1 and 2 replace Figs. 2 and 3 of the previous Letter in Ref. [1], respectively. Please note that the captions of all figures are substantively the same as in Ref. [1]. While we apologize for the regrettable oversights, we stress that the error affected only colorbars, whereas the graph in Fig. 2(d) did show the correct values. Thus, the indicated scaling changes influence neither the interpretation of the reported phenomena nor the scientific conclusions of the Letter.

 

Fig. 2. Amended version of Fig. 3 in Ref. [1]. (a) and (b) Distributions of the optically induced static magnetic field in a longitudinal cross-section (x0z) of the plasmonic nanostructure at wavelengths of 649 nm and 750 nm, respectively. (c) and (d) Optically induced magnetic force in a (x0z) plane exerted on a point-like particle of magnetic moment m of amplitude 1 oriented (c) along (0x) and (d) along (0z). Scale bars: 5 nm.

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