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 …

This paper pertains to a long-standing debate about the quantification criteria and
mechanisms of optical superresolution in microsphere-based nanoscopy. Its super …

T-matrix methods for electromagnetic structured beams mainly encompass Generalized
Lorenz-Mie Theories (GLMTs) which form a set of analytical approaches dealing with the …

The optical diffraction effect imposes a radical obstacle preventing conventional optical
microscopes from achieving an imaging resolution beyond the Abbe diffraction limit and …

Microspheres as special optical lenses have extensive applications due to their super-
focusing ability and outstanding resolving power on imaging. The interface reflection …

Microsphere‐assisted microscopy allows the limit of the diffraction of light to overcome while
being non‐invasive, full‐field, label‐free, and easy‐to‐implement. However, the observation …

In related applications of microsphere-assisted super-resolution imaging in biomedical
visualization and microfluidic detection, liquids are widely used as background media. For …

Microsphere-assisted microscopy serves as an effective super-resolution technique in
biological observations and nanostructure detections, and optical trapping is widely used for …

Low-contrast small dielectric objects weakly interact with photons and are difficult to detect
optically. In this study, we propose reflective substrate-enhanced microsphere-assisted dark …

Microlens arrays have been widely used in the fields of micro-optics and micro-and
nanofabrication. Traditional preparation methods utilize commercial photoresists and …