Catenary functions play pivotal roles in describing the electromagnetic vectors, intensity
distribution, and dispersion of structured light on the subwavelength scale. In this article, the …

Partially coherent beams with a prescribed phase, state of polarization, and degree of
coherence display many extraordinary propagation properties and are preferred in many …

According to the fundamental Huygens superposition principle, light beams traveling in a
linear medium will pass though one another without mutual disturbance. Indeed, the field of …

A silver-nanowire cavity is functionalized with CdSe nanocrystals and optimized towards
cavity quantum electrodynamics by varying the nanocrystal-nanowire distance d and cavity …

We review the properties of the surface waves that are scattered by two-dimensional sub-λ
indentations on metallic surfaces. We show that two distinct waves are involved, a surface …

A single photon can be coupled to collective charge oscillations at the interfaces between
metals and dielectrics forming a single surface plasmon. The electromagnetic near-fields …

In classical optical imaging, the Rayleigh diffraction limit dR is defined as the minimum
resolvable separation between two points under incoherent light illumination. In this paper …

The celebrated experiment of Thomas Young has had a tremendous historical influence by
revealing not only the wave character of light, but also by demonstrating the wave-particle …

All-inorganic lead halide perovskites are ideal platforms to investigate the fundamental
physics of the light–matter interactions, due to their strong oscillator strength at room …

The subject of this review lies at the cross-roads of optical coherence theory and surface
wave physics. We first recall how electromagnetic surface waves affect the spectrum …