BACKGROUND Nanoscale optics is usually associated with plasmonic structures made of
metals such as gold or silver. However, plasmonics suffers from high losses of metals …

The ideal material for nanophotonic applications will have a large refractive index at optical
frequencies, respond to both the electric and magnetic fields of light, support large optical …

Since the invention of optical tweezers, optical manipulation has advanced significantly in
scientific areas such as atomic physics, optics and biological science. Especially in the past …

The discovery, design and development of materials are critically linked to advances in
many areas of research, and optics is no exception. Recently, the spectral region in which …

Interference of optically induced electric and magnetic modes in high-index all-dielectric
nanoparticles offers unique opportunities for tailoring directional scattering and engineering …

Directional light scattering by spherical silicon nanoparticles in the visible spectral range is
experimentally demonstrated for the first time. These unique optical properties arise …

Mie-resonant metaphotonics is a rapidly developing field that employs the physics of Mie
resonances to control light at the nanoscale. Mie resonances are excited in high-refractive …

Devices that manipulate light represent the future of information processing. Flat optics and
structures with subwavelength periodic features (metasurfaces) provide compact and …

We study in detail a novel type of optical nanoantennas made of high-permittivity low-loss
dielectric particles. In addition to the electric resonances, the dielectric particles exhibit very …

Magnetodielectric small spheres present unusual electromagnetic scattering features,
theoretically predicted a few decades ago. However, achieving such behaviour has …