[HTML][HTML] Mesotronics: some new, unusual optical effects

IV Minin, OV Minin - Photonics, 2022 - mdpi.com
The recently emerged field of Mesotronics provides novel opportunities for subwavelength
magnetic and electric field localization and giant enhancement by mesoscale dielectric …

Arrays of nanoscale-thick ITO hemispherical shells as saturable absorbers for Q-switched all-fiber lasers

P Gu, D Li, H Zhu, J Chen, Z Zhang, E Hu… - ACS Applied Nano …, 2024 - ACS Publications
We report on the preparation of robust indium tin oxide (ITO) hemispherical-shell arrays
(HSAs) with nanoscale thickness of∼ 100 nm and their applications for passively Q …

Exploiting the Optical Limits of Thin‐Film Solar Cells: A Review on Light Management Strategies in Cu(In,Ga)Se2

AJN Oliveira, JP Teixeira, D Ramos… - Advanced Photonics …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Light management strategies are of utmost importance to allow Cu (In, Ga) Se2 (CIGS)
technology market expansion, as it would enable a conversion efficiency boost as well as …

Solar cell efficiency enhancement via light trap** in printable resonant dielectric nanosphere arrays

J Grandidier, RA Weitekamp, MG Deceglie… - … status solidi (a), 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Resonant dielectric structures are a promising platform for addressing the key challenge of
light trap** in thin‐film solar cells. We experimentally and theoretically demonstrate …

Facile fabrication of ultrathin metal–organic framework-coated monolayer colloidal crystals for highly efficient vapor sensing

L Li, X Jiao, D Chen, BV Lotsch, C Li - Chemistry of Materials, 2015 - ACS Publications
The sorption properties and structural versatility of metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) make
them superior chemical sensing materials with both high sensitivity and selectivity, but the …

Light trap** above the light cone in a one-dimensional array of dielectric spheres

EN Bulgakov, AF Sadreev - Physical Review A, 2015 - APS
We demonstrate bound states in the first TE and TM diffraction continua (BSC) in a linear
periodic array of dielectric spheres in air above the light cone. We classify the BSCs …

Bound states in the continuum with high orbital angular momentum in a dielectric rod with periodically modulated permittivity

EN Bulgakov, AF Sadreev - Physical Review A, 2017 - APS
We report bound states in the radiation continuum (BICs) in a single infinitely long dielectric
rod with periodically stepwise modulated permittivity alternating from ε 1 to ε 2. For ε 2= 1 in …

Plasmonic chirality of L-shaped nanostructure composed of two slices with different thickness

Y Wang, J Deng, G Wang, T Fu, Y Qu, Z Zhang - Optics Express, 2016 - opg.optica.org
A concise method is proposed to fabricate L-shaped Ag nanostructures (LSANs) for
generating chirality. Prepared by glancing angle deposition, the LSAN composed of two …

Circular dichroism of a tilted U-shaped nanostructure

TK Wang, T Fu, Y Chen, Z Zhang - Optics letters, 2017 - opg.optica.org
The circular dichroism (CD) effect plays an important role in biological detection, analytical
chemistry, and plasmonic sensing. Tilted 3D structures can generate CD signals under …

Improvement of light extraction of LYSO scintillator by using a combination of self-assembly of nanospheres and atomic layer deposition

Z Zhu, B Liu, H Zhang, W Ren, C Cheng, S Wu… - Optics …, 2015 - opg.optica.org
The self-assembled monolayer periodic array of polystyrene spheres conformally coated
with TiO_2 layer using atomic layer deposition is designed to obtain a further enhancement …