The fields of photonics and phononics encompass the fundamental science of light and
sound propagation and interactions in complex structures, as well as its technological …

Localized surface plasmons are charge density oscillations confined to metallic
nanoparticles. Excitation of localized surface plasmons by an electromagnetic field at an …

In this paper we use the full Maxwell equations for light propagation in order to analyze
plasmonic resonances for nanoparticles. We mathematically define the notion of plasmonic …

Insight into the topographic and mechanical properties of biomaterials allows for efficient
selection of a material for a specific application. Here, atomic force microscopy (AFM) and …

Quantitative optical measurements of deep subwavelength, three-dimensional (3D),
nanometric structures with sensitivity to sub-nanometer details address a ubiquitous …

A mathematical theory is developed to explain the super-resolution and super-focusing in
high-contrast media. The approach is based on the resonance expansion of the Green …

Computational super-resolution is a novel approach to break the diffraction limit. The
Mueller matrix, which contains full-polarization information about the morphology and …

Optical diffraction tomography (ODT) using Born or Rytov approximation suffers from severe
distortions in reconstructed refractive index (RI) tomograms when multiple scattering occurs …

High-resolution fluorescence techniques that provide spatial resolution below the diffraction
limit are attractive new methods for structural characterization of nanostructured materials …

Owing to their potential to transform traditional medical diagnostics and health monitoring,
wearable biosensors have become an alternative evolutionary technology in the field of …