Systematic study of the characteristics of the photonic nanojets formed by dielectric microcylinders

Arash Darafsheh; Douglas Bollinger

doi:10.1016/j.optcom.2017.06.004

Systematic study of the characteristics of the photonic nanojets formed by dielectric microcylinders

Arash Darafsheh, Douglas Bollinger

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Abstract

We studied the characteristics of photonic nanojets formed by dielectric microcylinders over the visible spectrum using FDTD numerical simulations. We varied a wide range of tuning parameters including the refractive indices of the microcylinder and the background medium, size and shape of the microcylinder, and wavelength and state of polarization of the incident light. Our results show how nanojets can be fine-tuned by adjusting these parameters. Our results have implications for high-resolution optical sensors and high-resolution imaging, and will inform on the design of novel microparticle-embedded optical devices.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	270-275
Number of pages	6
Journal	Optics Communications
Volume	402
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optcom.2017.06.004
State	Published - Nov 1 2017

Keywords

Microcylinder
Microscopy
Photonic nanojet

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