Optical tweezers, tools based on strongly focused light, enable optical trapping,
manipulation, and characterisation of a wide range of microscopic and nanoscopic …

Micro/nanofibres (MNFs) are optical fibres with diameters close to or below the vacuum
wavelength of visible or near-infrared light. Due to its wavelength-or sub-wavelength scale …

Small composite objects, known as Janus particles, drive sustained scientific interest
primarily targeted at biomedical applications, where such objects act as micro-or nanoscale …

We demonstrate a method for efficient coupling of guided light from a single-mode optical
fiber to nanophotonic devices. Our approach makes use of single-sided conical tapered …

Recent advances in the coherent control of single quanta of light, photons, is a topic of prime
interest, and is discussed under the banner of quantum photonics. In the last decade, the …

The development of optical nanofibers (ONFs) and the study and control of their optical
properties when coupling atoms to their electromagnetic modes has opened new …

Subwavelength features in conjunction with light‐guiding structures have gained significant
interest in recent decades due to their wide range of applications to particle and atom …

Optical micro/nanofibers (MNFs) taper-drawn from silica fibers possess intriguing optical and
mechanical properties. Recently, MNF array or MNFs with identical geometries have been …

Optical nanofibres are increasingly being used in cold atom experiments due to their
versatility and the clear advantages they have when developing all-fibred systems for …

Evanescent electromagnetic fields near a waveguide can exert a transverse radiation force
on scattering objects. To prove this experimentally, we demonstrate light-induced orbiting of …