Optical tweezers, tools based on strongly focused light, enable optical trap**,
manipulation, and characterisation of a wide range of microscopic and nanoscopic …

The advance of nanotechnology is firmly rooted in the development of cost-effective,
versatile, and easily accessible nanofabrication techniques. The ability to pattern complex …

Dielectric microelements with circular symmetry have shown interesting optical properties:
photonic nanojets (PNJs) and whispering gallery modes (WGMs). They can confine light …

Optical methods to manipulate and detect nanoscale objects are highly desired in both
nanomaterials and molecular biology fields. Optical tweezers have been used to manipulate …

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 …

Specialized electromagnetic fields can be used for nanoparticle manipulation along a
specific path, allowing enhanced transport and control over the particle's motion. In this …

The notion of controlling light has a very long history. The biblical account of the formation of
the universe begins as “Let there be light!”[1]. Writing circa 300 BCE, Euclid introduced the …

When light propagates through the edge or middle part of a microparticle's incoming
interface, there is a basic rule that light converges and diverges rapidly or slowly at the …

Herein, we report the theoretical investigation on the photonic nanojets (PNJs) of single
dielectric microspheres illuminated by focused broadband radiation (polychromatic light) …

Recently, a type of curved light beams, photonic hooks (PHs), was theoretically predicted
and experimentally observed. The production of photonic hook (PH) is due to the breaking of …