Materials with relatively small refractive indices (n< 2), such as glass, quartz, polymers,
some ceramics, etc., are the basic materials in most optical components (lenses, optical …

During the last decade, new unusual physical phenomena have been discovered in
studying the optics of dielectric mesoscale particles of an arbitrary three-dimensional shape …

Diffractive Optics and Nanophotonics Page 1 123 SPRINGER BRIEFS IN PHYSICS Igor Minin
Oleg Minin Diffractive Optics and Nanophotonics Resolution Below the Diffraction Limit Page …

The interest to mesoscale dielectric objects, whose effective dimensions are comparable
with the incident radiation wavelength, is caused by their unique ability to modify the spatial …

The recently emerged field of Mesotronics provides novel opportunities for subwavelength
magnetic and electric field localization and giant enhancement by mesoscale dielectric …

The photonic nanojet (PNJ) is a narrow high-energy beam that was originally found on the
back side of all-dielectric spherical structures. It is a unique type of energy concentration …

A specular-reflection photonic nanojet (s-PNJ) is a specific type of optical near-field
subwavelength spatial localization originated from the constructive interference of direct and …

Highly localized electromagnetic field distributions near the “shadow-side” surface of certain
transparent mesoscale bodies illuminated by light waves are called photonic jets. We …

Photonic hooks have demonstrated to be great candidates for multiple applications ranging
from sensing up to optical trap**. In this work, we propose a mechanism to produce such …

In this work, we experimentally demonstrate that a thin rectangle dielectric-metal structure
can have a function of a flat focusing mirror based on photonic jet effect in reflection mode …