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

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

The last two decades have witnessed a dramatic increase in research on low‐dimensional
material with exceptional optoelectronic properties. While low‐dimensional materials offer …

We demonstrated the importance of the refractive index of the background medium
containing the microsphere in microsphere-assisted super-resolution microscopy. We …

Metasurfaces, based on subwavelength structuring, provide a versatile platform for
wavefront manipulation in an ultrathin form factor. The manufacturing of metasurfaces …

We studied the characteristics of photonic nanojets formed by dielectric microcylinders over
the visible spectrum using FDTD numerical simulations. We varied a wide range of tuning …

Highly ordered nanostructures have gained substantial interest in the research community
due to their fascinating properties and wide applications. Micro-/nano-spherical lens …

Highly localized electromagnetic field distributions near the “shadow-side” surface of certain
transparent mesoscale bodies illuminated by light waves are called photonic jets. We …

The spatial resolution of a standard optical microscope (SOM) is limited by diffraction. In
visible spectrum, SOM can provide∼ 200 nm resolution. To break the diffraction limit several …

A photonic nanojet phenomenon that is strong electromagnetic field local enhancement is
widely used for various optical tasks like surface-enhanced Raman scattering or surface …