Refractive index less than two: photonic nanojets yesterday, today and tomorrow

BS Luk'yanchuk, R Paniagua-Domínguez… - Optical Materials …, 2017 - opg.optica.org
Materials with relatively small refractive indices (n< 2), such as glass, quartz, polymers,
some ceramics, etc., are the basic materials in most optical components (lenses, optical …

All-dielectric concentration of electromagnetic fields at the nanoscale: the role of photonic nanojets

J Zhu, LL Goddard - Nanoscale Advances, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
The photonic nanojet (PNJ) is a narrow high-energy beam that was originally found on the
back side of all-dielectric spherical structures. It is a unique type of energy concentration …

Real-time imaging of methane gas leaks using a single-pixel camera

GM Gibson, B Sun, MP Edgar, DB Phillips… - Optics express, 2017 - opg.optica.org
We demonstrate a camera which can image methane gas at video rates, using only a single-
pixel detector and structured illumination. The light source is an infrared laser diode …

Solid-immersion metalenses for infrared focal plane arrays

S Zhang, A Soibel, SA Keo, D Wilson, S Rafol… - Applied Physics …, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
Optical components based on metasurfaces (metalenses) offer an alternative methodology
for microlens arrays. In particular, metalens arrays have the potential of being monolithically …

Whispering gallery mode hybridization in photonic molecules

Y Li, F Abolmaali, KW Allen… - Laser & Photonics …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
This work takes inspiration from chemistry where the spectral characteristics of the
molecules are determined by hybridization of electronic states evolving from the individual …

Recent hotspots and innovative trends of infrared photon detectors

叶振华, **辉豪, 王进东, 陈星, 孙常鸿… - Journal of Infrared …, 2022 - journal.sitp.ac.cn
红外光电探测技术通常工作在无源被动的传感模式, 具有作用距离远, 抗干扰性好,
穿透烟尘雾霾能力**, 全天时工作等优点, 在航天遥感, 军事装备, 天文探测等方面都有广泛应用 …

[HTML][HTML] CMOS-compatible all-dielectric metalens for improving pixel photodetector arrays

E Mikheeva, JB Claude, M Salomoni, J Wenger… - Apl Photonics, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
Metasurfaces and, in particular, metalenses have attracted large interest and enabled
various applications in the near-infrared and THz regions of the spectrum. However, the …

HgCdTe mid-Infrared photo response enhanced by monolithically integrated meta-lenses

F Li, J Deng, J Zhou, Z Chu, Y Yu, X Dai, H Guo… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Polarization-independent dielectric meta-lens is proposed to monolithically integrate with a
HgCdTe infrared photodetector to concentrate power flux into a reduced photosensitive area …

[HTML][HTML] High operating temperature nBn detector with monolithically integrated microlens

A Soibel, SA Keo, A Fisher, CJ Hill, E Luong… - Applied Physics …, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
We demonstrate an InAsSb nBn detector monolithically integrated with a microlens
fabricated on the back side of the detector. The increase in the optical collection area of the …

Design and fabrication of monolithically integrated metalens for higher effective fill factor in long-wave infrared detectors

H Hou, Y Zhang, Z Luo, P Zhang, Y Zhao - Optics and Lasers in …, 2022 - Elsevier
Infrared imaging technology has been a worldwide research focus with various significant
applications in the military and surveillance fields. Due to the complicated structure of the …