Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) provides significantly enhanced Raman
scattering signals from molecules adsorbed on plasmonic nanostructures, as well as the …

Evanescent illumination has been widely used to detect single biological macromolecules
because it can notably enhance light-analyte interaction. However, the current evanescent …

Complex media have emerged as a powerful and robust framework to control light–matter
interactions designed for task-specific optical functionalities. Studies on wavefront shaping …

Single-molecule detection can push beyond ensemble averages and reveal the statistical
distributions of molecular properties. Measuring the binding kinetics of single proteins also …

We report sensing of single nanoparticles using disordered metallic nanoisland substrates
supporting surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs). Speckle patterns arising from leakage …

Speckle patterns produced by disordered scattering systems exhibit a sensitivity to addition
of individual particles, which can be used for sensing applications. Using a coupled dipole …

Due to their unmatched entropy, complexity, and security level, optical physical unclonable
functions (PUFs) currently receive a lot of interest in the literature. Despite the large body of …

Determining the ultimate precision limit for measurements on a subwavelength particle with
coherent laser light is a goal with applications in areas as diverse as biophysics and …

We study the scattering of TM-polarized surface plasmon-polariton (SPP) by the finite
section of flat metal–vacuum interface with a random impedance. We analyze the solution to …

With the rapid advancements in laser and detection technology, it is now possible to obtain
the physical properties of particles. Analyzing the physical properties of particles can …