<? pag\vskip-16pt?> Harnessing linear and angular momenta of light is one of the
cornerstones in modern optics and has found tremendous applications in optical circuits …

The scientific effort to control the interaction between light and matter has grown
exponentially in the last 2 decades. This growth has been aided by the development of …

In undergraduate courses on classical electromagnetism, it is taught that a perfect conductor
expels the electromagnetic (EM) field, and hence its surface is not able to support the …

BACKGROUND Nanoscale optics is usually associated with plasmonic structures made of
metals such as gold or silver. However, plasmonics suffers from high losses of metals …

Since the invention of optical tweezers, optical manipulation has advanced significantly in
scientific areas such as atomic physics, optics and biological science. Especially in the past …

Metasurfaces are planar structures that locally modify the polarization, phase and amplitude
of light in reflection or transmission, thus enabling lithographically patterned flat optical …

The numerical aperture (NA) of a lens determines its ability to focus light and its resolving
capability. Having a large NA is a very desirable quality for applications requiring small light …

Transverse spin momentum related to the spin angular momentum (SAM) of light has been
theoretically studied recently and predicted to generate an intriguing optical lateral force …

All-dielectric nanophotonics is an exciting and rapidly develo** area of nano-optics that
utilizes the resonant behavior of high-index low-loss dielectric nanoparticles to enhance …

Mie-resonant metaphotonics is a rapidly develo** field that employs the physics of Mie
resonances to control light at the nanoscale. Mie resonances are excited in high-refractive …