Photonic jet shaping of mesoscale dielectric spherical particles: Resonant and non-resonant jet formation

Abstract A descriptive analysis of the morphological shapes of photonic jets (PJs) these being a specific spatially localized and high-intensity area formed near micron-sized transparent spherical dielectric particles illuminated by a visible laser radiation, is presented. The PJ shape characterization is based on the numerical calculations of the near-field distribution according to the Mie theory and accounts for jet dimensions and shape complexity. The special situation of the morphology-dependent resonances excitation in the internal field of the particle is also considered.

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