A promising technique in optical super-resolution microscopy is the illumination of the
sample by a highly localized beam, a photonic jet (also called photonic nanojet). We …

By comparing finite-difference time-domain near field simulations and femtosecond laser
ablation of thin films, we characterize in three dimensional-space photonic nanojets from …

Abstract Photonic Nanojets (PNJs) have attracted considerable research attention in the
fields of super-resolution optical microscopy, nano-photolithography, and single molecule …

This paper reviews the substantial body of literature emerging since 2004 concerning
photonic nanojets. The photonic nanojet is a narrow, high-intensity, non-evanescent light …

A photonic nanojet (PNJ) is a tightly focused beam that emerges from the shadow surface of
microparticles. Due to its high peak intensity and subwavelength beam waist, the PNJ has …

We investigate in real space amplitude and phase distributions of light in photonic nanojets
emerging from micrometer-sized dielectric spheres with a high-resolution interference …

We report what we believe is the first experimental confirmation at visible light wavelengths
of the backscattering enhancement phenomenon of the photonic nanojet. A specially …

Focusing of light is widely used in optical microprobes where a stable and well-confined
beam of photons is scanned or directed over some area of a biological sample or photonic …

Dielectric microspheres with appropriate refractive index can image objects with super-
resolution, that is, with a precision well beyond the classical diffraction limit. A microsphere is …

A novel design of decorating microsphere surface with concentric rings to modulate the
photonic nanojet (PNJ) is investigated. By introducing the concentric ring structures into the …