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 …

Roadmap on Label‐Free Super‐Resolution Imaging

VN Astratov, YB Sahel, YC Eldar… - Laser & Photonics …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Label‐free super‐resolution (LFSR) imaging relies on light‐scattering processes in
nanoscale objects without a need for fluorescent (FL) staining required in super‐resolved FL …

Photonic nanojets and their applications

A Darafsheh - Journal of Physics: Photonics, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Dielectric microelements with circular symmetry have shown interesting optical properties:
photonic nanojets (PNJs) and whispering gallery modes (WGMs). They can confine light …

Direct laser writing of volumetric gradient index lenses and waveguides

CR Ocier, CA Richards, DA Bacon-Brown… - Light: Science & …, 2020 - nature.com
Direct laser writing (DLW) has been shown to render 3D polymeric optical components,
including lenses, beam expanders, and mirrors, with submicrometer precision. However …

Optical response features of Si-nanoparticle arrays

AB Evlyukhin, C Reinhardt, A Seidel… - Physical Review B …, 2010 - APS
Periodic structures of spherical silicon particles are analyzed using the coupled-dipole
equations for studying optical response features and local electromagnetic fields. The model …

Optical phenomena in mesoscale dielectric particles

OV Minin, IV Minin - Photonics, 2021 - mdpi.com
During the last decade, new unusual physical phenomena have been discovered in
studying the optics of dielectric mesoscale particles of an arbitrary three-dimensional shape …

Laser nano-manufacturing–state of the art and challenges

L Li, M Hong, M Schmidt, M Zhong, A Malshe, B Huis… - CIRP annals, 2011 - Elsevier
This paper provides an overview of advances in laser based nano-manufacturing
technologies including surface nano-structure manufacturing, production of nano materials …

Optical phenomena in dielectric spheres several light wavelengths in size: A review

BS Luk'Yanchuk, AR Bekirov, ZB Wang… - Physics of Wave …, 2022 - Springer
The size parameter q= 2π R/λ in spheres with a radius R=(2–3) λ (λ is the radiation
wavelength) is on the order of 10. Strong Mie resonances () are observed in these …

Terajets produced by dielectric cuboids

V Pacheco-Peña, M Beruete, IV Minin… - Applied Physics …, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
The capability of generating terajets using three-dimensional (3D) dielectric cuboids working
at terahertz (THZ) frequencies (as analogues of nanojets in the infrared band) is introduced …

Laser precision engineering: from microfabrication to nanoprocessing

TC Chong, MH Hong, LP Shi - Laser & Photonics Reviews, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Laser precision engineering is being extensively applied in industries for device
microfabrication due to its unique advantages of being a dry and noncontact process …