Optical tweezers and associated manipulation tools in the far field have had a major impact
on scientific and engineering research by offering precise manipulation of small objects …

During the last decade, new unusual physical phenomena have been discovered in
studying the optics of dielectric mesoscale particles of an arbitrary three-dimensional shape …

In this Letter, we report the experimental observations of a tunable curved photonic nanojet
(photonic hook) generated by a 5 µm polydimethylsiloxane microcylinder deposited on a …

The notion of controlling light has a very long history. The biblical account of the formation of
the universe begins as “Let there be light!”[1]. Writing circa 300 BCE, Euclid introduced the …

MXenes, a recently developed class of 2D materials, have attracted considerable attention
because of their graphene-like but highly tunable properties. It appears that the metallic …

A specular-reflection photonic nanojet (s-PNJ) is a specific type of optical near-field
subwavelength spatial localization originated from the constructive interference of direct and …

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 …

Structured light have made deep impacts on modern biotechnology and clinical practice,
with numerous optical systems and lasers currently being used in medicine to treat disease …

We report on the experimental observation of the curved plasmonic beam, a plasmonic hook
(PH), for surface plasmon-polariton (SPP) waves. The SPP PH effect could be obtained with …

Focused laser beams allow controlling the mechanical motion of objects and can serve as a
tool for assembling micro and nanostructures in space. While small particles mainly …