The directionality and polarization of light show peculiar properties when the scattering by a
dielectric sphere can be described exclusively by electric and magnetic dipolar modes …

Increasing the sensitivity of chiral spectroscopic techniques such as circular dichroism (CD)
spectroscopy is a current aspiration in the research field of nanophotonics. Enhancing CD …

Maxwell's equations are solved when the amplitude and phase of the electromagnetic field
are determined at all points in space. Generally, the Stokes parameters can only capture the …

Nanophotonics can enhance the inherent weak signal exhibited by chiral molecules in
circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy experiments. One mechanism to achieve this CD …

The near-zero forward intensity condition for light scattering by a dielectric dipolar sphere is
usually associated with the generalized second Kerker condition, at which equal amplitude …

Spin and orbital angular momenta of light have been a subject of fundamental interest since
long ago, classically associated with circular polarization and wave vector. In recent years …

Molecular circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy faces significant limitations due to the
inherent weakness of chiroptical light-matter interactions. In this view, resonant optical …

Optical vortices, carrying quantized orbital angular momentum (OAM) states, have been
widely investigated because of their promising applications in both classical and quantum …

Controlling the helicity and directionality of the scattered light by dielectric particles is
paramount to a variety of phenomenology of interest in all-dielectric optics and photonics. In …

This study describes both experimentally and theoretically an important hitherto
undiscovered feature of the scattering of micron‐sized spherical objects when illuminated …