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As the characteristic feature of generalized Kerker effect in Mie theory, directional scattering elimination has been playing a pivotal role in nanophotonics and many other photonic disciplines, such as singular optics and topological…

Optics · Physics 2025-05-29 Chunchao Wen , Zhichun Qi , Jianfa Zhang , Shiqiao Qin , Zhihong Zhu , Wei Liu

We demonstrate an enhanced emission of high quantum yield molecules coupled to dielectric metasurfaces formed by periodic arrays of polycrystalline silicon nanoparticles. Radiative coupling of the nanoparticles, mediated by in-plane…

We report on experimental study of optical properties of two-dimensional square lattice of triangle Co and CoFe nanoparticles with a vortex magnetization distribution. We demonstrate that intensity of light scattered in diffraction maxima…

The polarization of radiation by scattering on an atom embedded in combined external quadrupole electric and uniform magnetic fields is studied theoretically. Analytic formulae are derived for the scattering phase matrix. Limiting cases of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Yee Yee Oo , K. N. Nagendra , Sharath Ananthamurthy , G. Ramachandran

Compton scattering of twisted photons is investigated within a non-relativistic framework using first-order perturbation theory. We formulate the problem in the density matrix theory, which enables one to gain new insights into scattering…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2015-07-03 S. Stock , A. Surzhykov , S. Fritzsche , D. Seipt

We present an experimental and theoretical study of the angle- and polarization-dependent light extinction in random arrays of polydisperse semiconductor nanowires epitaxially grown on substrates. The specular reflectance is described by…

Optics · Physics 2013-11-05 Grzegorz Grzela , Djamila Hourlier , Jaime Gómez Rivas

In this paper, we present Mie coefficients of double-layered sphere and consider the scattering problem, including the topics on field distribution, electromagnetic cross section, extinction spectra as well as some potential peculiar…

Materials Science · Physics 2007-05-23 Jian Qi Shen , Yi Jin , Long Chen

Diffraction patterns produced by fast He atoms grazingly impinging on a LiF(001) surface are investigated focusing on the influence of the beam collimation. Single- and double- slit collimating devices situated in front of the beam source…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2016-09-21 M. S. Gravielle , J. E. Miraglia

The scattering of two-dimensional (2D) massless Dirac electrons is investigated in the presence of a random array of circular mass barriers. The inverse momentum relaxation time and the Hall factor are calculated and used to obtain parallel…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-03 M. Ramezani Masir , A. Matulis , F. M. Peeters

We consider scattering of surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) and light by individual high-refractive-index dielectric nanoparticles (NPs) located on a metal (gold) substrate and supporting electric and magnetic dipole resonances in the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-09-21 Andrey B. Evlyukhin , Sergey I. Bozhevolnyi

Scattering of electromagnetic waves by an arbitrary nanoscale object can be characterized by a multipole decomposition of the electromagnetic field that allows to describe the scattering intensity and radiation pattern through interferences…

Optics · Physics 2017-02-22 Wei Liu , Yuri S. Kivshar

We present a theoretical study of multi-mode scattering of light by optically random media, using the Mueller-Stokes formalism which permits to encode all the polarization properties of the scattering medium in a real $4 \times 4$ matrix.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 A. Aiello , J. P. Woerdman

A structure based on a dimer of silicon nanoparticles, presenting directional scattering in the visible range, was studied as a new design of an all-optical switch. The combination of spherical nanoparticles satisfying, at the same incident…

We have studied the magneto-optical Kerr effect and optical reflectance of perpendicular magnetized Co/Pt films on self-assembly two-dimensional polystyrene spheres. It is shown that the magneto-optical and the reflectance spectra are…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-03-04 Z. Liu , L. Shi , Z. Shi , X. H. Liu , J. Zi , S. M. Zhou , S. J. Wei , J. Li

We demonstrate experimentally and theoretically that a local excitation of a single scatterer of relative dielectric permittivity {\epsilon} = 6 permits to excite broad dipolar and quadrupolar electric and magnetic resonances that shape the…

We investigate the scattering cross section of aligned dipolar molecules in low-temperature gases. Over a wide range of collision energies relevant to contemporary experiments, the cross section declines in inverse proportion to the…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2015-05-13 J. L. Bohn , M. Cavagnero , C. Ticknor

We consider deflection of polarizable molecules by inhomogeneous optical fields, and analyze the role of molecular orientation and rotation in the scattering process. It is shown that molecular rotation induces spectacular rainbow-like…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-19 E. Gershnabel , I. Sh. Averbukh

Dielectric Mie nanoresonators showing strong light-matter interaction at the nanoscale may enable new functionality in photonic devices. Recently, strong magneto-optical effects have been observed in magneto-optical nanophotonic devices due…

Mie theory is one of the main tools describing scattering of propagating electromagnetic waves by spherical particles. Evanescent optical fields are also scattered by particles and exert radiation forces which can be used for optical…

Optics · Physics 2013-12-13 Aleksandr Y. Bekshaev , Konstantin Y. Bliokh , Franco Nori

Manipulation of radiation is required for enabling a span of electromagnetic applications. Since properties of antennas and scatterers are very sensitive to a surrounding environment, macroscopic artificially created materials are good…