An optical black-hole cavity based on transformation optics enables Q-factor enhancement and strong field confinement,by eliminating the intrinsic radiation loss of the conventional whispering-gallery modes,holding po...
the National Natural Science Foundation of China(91750205,61975128,61975129 and 61427819);Leading Talents of Guangdong Province Programme(00201505);Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province(2016A030312010 and 2019TQ05X750);and Science and Technology Innovation Commission of Shenzhen(KQTD2017033011044403,ZDSYS201703031605029,KQTD20180412181324255,JCYJ20180305125418079,andJCYJ2017818144338999).
Optical tweezers and associated manipulation tools in the far field have had a major impact on scientific and engineering research by offering precise manipulation of small objects.More recently,the possibility of per...
KAIST UP programme,BK21+programme,Tomocube,and National Research Foundation of Korea(2017M3C1A3013923,2015R1A3A2066550,2018K000396).
A major challenge in three-dimensional(3D)microscopy is to obtain accurate spatial information while simultaneously keeping the microscopic samples in their native states.In conventional 3D microscopy,axial resolution...
This work was supported in part by the National Science Foundation(NSF)(award no.ECCS-1748518 and ECCS-1847203);the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health(NIH)(award no.5R33CA191245 and 5R21CA235305);The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of NIH.The Zeiss LSM 710 confocal microscope at UB North Campus Imaging Facility was funded by the NSF Major Research Instrumentation(award no.DBI-0923133);The authors would also like to thank the Toronto Nanofabrication Center(TNFC)for access to the EBL instrument and Qiaoqiang Gan for access to the FTIR in the Nanooptics&Biophotonics lab at University at Buffalo.
Nanophotonic resonators can confine light to deep-subwavelength volumes with highly enhanced near-field intensity and therefore are widely used for surface-enhanced infrared absorption spectroscopy in various molecula...
supported by the Ontario Research Fund-Research Excellence programme;the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada,the Canadian Research Foundation,the University of Toronto;supported by the Mitacs Globalink programme and the micro-nanotechnology award provided by CMC Microsystems;supported in part by the Berkeley Synchrotron Infrared Structural BioImaging(BSISB)Program under its DOE Office of Science Contract No.DEAC02-05CH11231;supported by the Office of Science,Office of Basic Energy Sciences,of the U.S.Department of Energy under contract No.DE-AC02-05CH11231.
Rainbow light trapping in plasmonic devices allows for field enhancement of multiple wavelengths within a single device.However,many of these devices lack precise control over spatial and spectral enhancement profiles...
the financial support of the National Science Foundation(NSF-CMMI-1761743);the Army Research Office(W911NF-17-1-0561);the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Early Career Faculty Award(80NSSC17K0520);the National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health(DP2GM128446);financial support of this work from the Robert A.Welch Foundation(Grant no.F-1464);the National Science Foundation through the Center for Dynamics and Control of Materials:an NSF MRSEC under Cooperative Agreement No.DMR-1720595;support from the Youth Thousand Talent Programme of China.
Optomechanics arises from the photon momentum and its exchange with low-dimensional objects.It is well known that optical radiation exerts pressure on objects,pushing them along the light path.However,optical pulling ...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(51872288,11774346,51972303 and 11974350);the Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province(2019J01122).
The launch of the big data era puts forward challenges for information preservation technology,both in storage capacity and security.Herein,a brand new optical storage medium,transparent glass ceramic(TGC)embedded wit...
supported by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research Grants AFOSR FA2386-13-1-4120;by the International Research and Development Program of the National Research Foundation of Korea(NRF);by the Ministry of Science,ICT,and Future Planning(MSIP)(no.2016K1A3A1A32913356);by the Mid-Career Researcher Support Program of NRF by the MSIP(no.2016R1A2B3014157);by the Basic Science Research Program through the NRF funded by the Ministry of Education(no.2016R1A6A1A03012845);by the C1 Gas Refinery Program of NRF by the MSIP(no.2016M3D3A1A01913546);by the Leading Foreign Research Institute Recruitment Program through NRF by the MSIP(no.2013K1A4A3055268);by the National Institutes of Health(NIH)(R01 AI117064-01).
A rapid,precise method for identifying waterborne pathogens is critically needed for effective disinfection and better treatment.However,conventional methods,such as culture-based counting,generally suffer from slow d...
support from the FundacióPrivada Cellex,the Severo Ochoa program,the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness(grant FPU-AP-2012-3729 and FIS2013-46141-P);the European Research Council through Consolidator grant QnanoMECA(#64790).
Noninvasive and ultra-accurate optical manipulation of nanometer objects has recently gained interest as a powerful tool in nanotechnology and biophysics.Self-induced back-action(SIBA)trapping in nano-optical cavities...
supported by the Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology under the Grant 037361-003;the Hellman Family Foundation.
Accompanied by the rise of plasmonic materials beyond those based on noble metals and the development of advanced materials processing techniques,it is important to understand the plasmonic behavior of materials with ...