Photonic nanojet calculations in layered radially inhomogeneous micrometer-sized spherical particles

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1825-1830

  Geints, Yuri E ^a   Zemlyanov, Alexander A ^a   Panina, Ekaterina K ^a  

^a V E ZUEV INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT REFRACTION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; REFRACTOMETERS;

COMPOSITE PARTICLES; CONCENTRIC SHELLS; LIGHT WAVE; MICROMETER SIZED PARTICLES; MICROMETER-SIZED SPHERICAL PARTICLES; NANOJET; NEAR-FIELD DISTRIBUTION; OPTICAL CONTRAST; PEAK INTENSITY; SPATIAL REGIONS;

MICROMETERS;

EID: 79961058149     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.28.001825     Document Type: Article

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