Generation of Photonic Hooks from Patchy Microcylinders

The photonic hook (PH) is a new type of curved light beam, which has promising applications in various fields such as nanoparticle manipulation, super-resolution imaging, and so forth. Herein, we proposed a new approach of utilizing patchy microcylinders for the generation of PHs. Numerical simulati...

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Autores principales: Fen Tang, Qingqing Shang, Songlin Yang, Ting Wang, Sorin Melinte, Chao Zuo, Ran Ye
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:3648ab4fcab94231827f49fa064ea7712021-11-25T18:43:00ZGeneration of Photonic Hooks from Patchy Microcylinders10.3390/photonics81104662304-6732https://doaj.org/article/3648ab4fcab94231827f49fa064ea7712021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2304-6732/8/11/466https://doaj.org/toc/2304-6732The photonic hook (PH) is a new type of curved light beam, which has promising applications in various fields such as nanoparticle manipulation, super-resolution imaging, and so forth. Herein, we proposed a new approach of utilizing patchy microcylinders for the generation of PHs. Numerical simulation based on the finite-difference time-domain method was used to investigate the field distribution characteristics of the PHs. By rotating the patchy microcylinder, PHs with different curvatures can be effectively generated, and the PH with a bending angle of 28.4<inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><msup><mrow></mrow><mo>∘</mo></msup></semantics></math></inline-formula> and a full-width-half-maximum of 0.36 <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mi>λ</mi></semantics></math></inline-formula> can be obtained from 1 <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mi mathvariant="sans-serif">μ</mi></semantics></math></inline-formula>m-diameter patchy microcylinders.Fen TangQingqing ShangSonglin YangTing WangSorin MelinteChao ZuoRan YeMDPI AGarticlephotonic hookphotonic jetpatchy particlesmicrospheresApplied optics. PhotonicsTA1501-1820ENPhotonics, Vol 8, Iss 466, p 466 (2021)
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topic photonic hook
photonic jet
patchy particles
microspheres
Applied optics. Photonics
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spellingShingle photonic hook
photonic jet
patchy particles
microspheres
Applied optics. Photonics
TA1501-1820
Fen Tang
Qingqing Shang
Songlin Yang
Ting Wang
Sorin Melinte
Chao Zuo
Ran Ye
Generation of Photonic Hooks from Patchy Microcylinders
description The photonic hook (PH) is a new type of curved light beam, which has promising applications in various fields such as nanoparticle manipulation, super-resolution imaging, and so forth. Herein, we proposed a new approach of utilizing patchy microcylinders for the generation of PHs. Numerical simulation based on the finite-difference time-domain method was used to investigate the field distribution characteristics of the PHs. By rotating the patchy microcylinder, PHs with different curvatures can be effectively generated, and the PH with a bending angle of 28.4<inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><msup><mrow></mrow><mo>∘</mo></msup></semantics></math></inline-formula> and a full-width-half-maximum of 0.36 <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mi>λ</mi></semantics></math></inline-formula> can be obtained from 1 <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mi mathvariant="sans-serif">μ</mi></semantics></math></inline-formula>m-diameter patchy microcylinders.
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author Fen Tang
Qingqing Shang
Songlin Yang
Ting Wang
Sorin Melinte
Chao Zuo
Ran Ye
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title Generation of Photonic Hooks from Patchy Microcylinders
title_short Generation of Photonic Hooks from Patchy Microcylinders
title_full Generation of Photonic Hooks from Patchy Microcylinders
title_fullStr Generation of Photonic Hooks from Patchy Microcylinders
title_full_unstemmed Generation of Photonic Hooks from Patchy Microcylinders
title_sort generation of photonic hooks from patchy microcylinders
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