Nanostructured surfaces and devices offer astounding possibilities for biomedical research,
including cellular and molecular biology, diagnostics, and therapeutics. However, the wide …

Optical methods to manipulate and detect nanoscale objects are highly desired in both
nanomaterials and molecular biology fields. Optical tweezers have been used to manipulate …

We employ a genetic algorithm coupled with Mie theory to optimize the magnetic field
intensity profile of photonic nanojets (PNJs) generated by multilayer microcylinders at visible …

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

The study of accelerating Airy-family beams has made significant progress, not only in terms
of numerical and experimental investigations, but also in conjunction with many potential …

Photonic Nanojets are highly localized wave fields emerging directly behind dielectric
microspheres; if suitably illuminated. In this contribution we reveal how different illumination …

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 …

The use of nano/microspheres or beads for optical nanolithography is a consolidated
technique for achieving subwavelength structures using a cost-effective approach; this …

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 …

Photonic nanojets have been brought into attention ten years ago for potential application in
ultramicroscopy, because of its sub-wavelength resolution that can enhance detection and …