Transverse and longitudinal confinement of photonic nanojets by compound dielectric microspheres

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7393, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Devilez, Alexis ^a   Wenger, Jéroâme ^a   Stout, Brian ^a   Bonod, Nicolas ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic optics; Micro optical devices; Mie theory; Particles; Scattering

Indexed keywords

A-PLANE; DIELECTRIC MICROSPHERES; ELECTROMAGNETIC OPTICS; LONGITUDINAL DIMENSION; LONGITUDINAL RESOLUTION; MICRO-OPTICAL DEVICES; MIE THEORY; PARTICLES; PEAK INTENSITY; PHOTONIC NANOJETS; STRONG FOCUSING;

LIGHT; MICROSPHERES; NANOPHOTONICS; OPTICAL DEVICES;

OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 70350366225     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.827332     Document Type: Conference Paper

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