Generalized Kerker effects in nanophotonics and meta-optics

W Liu, YS Kivshar - Optics express, 2018 - opg.optica.org
The original Kerker effect was introduced for a hypothetical magnetic sphere, and initially it
did not attract much attention due to a lack of magnetic materials required. Rejuvenated by …

Plasmonics for biosensing

X Han, K Liu, C Sun - Materials, 2019 - mdpi.com
Techniques based on plasmonic resonance can provide label-free, signal enhanced, and
real-time sensing means for bioparticles and bioprocesses at the molecular level. With the …

Transverse kerker scattering for angstrom localization of nanoparticles

A Bag, M Neugebauer, P Woźniak, G Leuchs… - Physical review letters, 2018 - APS
Angstrom precision localization of a single nanoantenna is a crucial step towards advanced
nanometrology, medicine, and biophysics. Here, we show that single nanoantenna …

Ultrasensitive and long-range transverse displacement metrology with polarization-encoded metasurface

H Zang, Z Xi, Z Zhang, Y Lu, P Wang - Science Advances, 2022 - science.org
A long-range, high-precision, and compact transverse displacement metrology method is of
crucial importance in many research areas. Recent schemes using optical antennas are …

Full control of electric and magnetic light–matter interactions through a nanomirror on a near-field tip

B Reynier, E Charron, O Markovic, X Yang, B Gallas… - Optica, 2023 - opg.optica.org
Light–matter interactions are often considered governed by the electric optical field only,
leaving aside the magnetic component of light. However, the magnetic part plays a …

Weak measurement enhanced spin Hall effect of light for particle displacement sensing

M Neugebauer, S Nechayev, M Vorndran, G Leuchs… - Nano …, 2018 - ACS Publications
A spherical nanoparticle can scatter tightly focused optical beams in a spin-segmented
manner, meaning that the far field of the scattered light exhibits laterally separated left-and …

Designed 3D Dumpling‐Shaped Femtosecond Laser Structured Light Field for Nanoscale Sensing

D Pan, Z Fuyang, H Wang, Z Wang… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Nanoscale optical sensing plays a crucial role in achieving high‐precision non‐contact
distance and displacement measurements. As one of the promising alternatives, structured …

Evolutionary optimization of all‐dielectric magnetic nanoantennas

N Bonod, S Bidault, GW Burr… - Advanced Optical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Magnetic light and matter interactions are generally too weak to be detected, studied, and
applied technologically. However, if one can increase the magnetic power density of light by …

Transverse scattering from nanodimers tunable with generalized cylindrical vector beams

C Li, X Ouyang, J Sun, Y Cao, Y Xu… - Laser & Photonics …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Achieving directional control of optical antennas is critically important for the design of
flexible interconnects between free‐space optics and on‐chip photonic circuitry. Here, a new …

Interferometric evanescent wave excitation of a nanoantenna for ultrasensitive displacement and phase metrology

L Wei, AV Zayats, FJ Rodríguez-Fortuño - Physical Review Letters, 2018 - APS
We propose a method for ultrasensitive displacement and phase measurements based on a
nanoantenna illuminated with interfering evanescent waves. We show that with a proper …