In this Letter, we show that the electromagnetic duality symmetry, broken in the microscopic
Maxwell's equations by the presence of charges, can be restored for the macroscopic …

Circular dichroism, that is, the differential absorption of a system to left and right circularly
polarized light, is one of the only techniques capable of providing morphological information …

An analysis of light–matter interactions based on symmetries can provide valuable insight,
particularly because it reveals which quantities are conserved and which ones can be …

Treating polarization by means of the electromagnetic helicity allows to obtain new insights
and design guidelines in different problems: Optical activity, zero backscattering …

We measure the far-field intensity of vortex beams going through nanoholes. The process is
analyzed in terms of helicity and total angular momentum. It is seen that the total angular …

On the basis of the Maxwell-Lorentz local-field equations and nonlocal linear response
theory, a self-consistent microscopic Green function theory of diffraction of light from a single …

In a recent paper [Phys. Rev. A 90, 043830 (2014) PLRAAN 1050-2947 10.1103/PhysRevA.
90.043830] it was shown that the so-called aperture response tensor is the central concept …

Quantum technologies like quantum computing, quantum communication or quantum
metrology promise astonishing advantages over their classical counterparts. However, they …

We present a novel method for the nano-positioning measurements of a sample. Based on
symmetry considerations, the method transforms the problem of position sensing into …

Het onderzoek gepresenteerd in dit proefschrift gaat over het numeriek modelleren van
elektromagnetische interacties van moleculen in de nabijheid van objecten met nanometer …