An evanescent wave arises at the interface of two media when light propagates from a more to a less-dense medium under total internal reflection. The wave is distributed over a superficial area ...

Researchers have identified unexpected dynamic properties of a type of light wave called evanescent waves. These surprising findings contrast sharply with previous knowledge about light and photons. A ...

A team of researchers recently developed an alternative way to break the Abbe diffraction limit and realize subwavelength imaging in an all-optical manner. They propose localized evanescent-wave ...

Microscopes usually use backscattered radiation to create images, but a research group from the Institute of Industrial Science at the University of Tokyo is developing a new method to study materials ...

People think I'm compensating, but I'm not. I just happen to like seeing tiny objects in exquisite detail. So my obsession—one that I inflict on others as often as possible—continues to grow. My ...

As shown in this artist's rendering, a light beam shining on a glass prism generates evanescent waves and spin-momentum locking, suggesting potential practical applications in photonic communications ...

An LED comprising V-shaped ridges instead of flat wafers offers 20-fold light extraction improvement claim a team of scientists from Japan and France. The researchers say that they have produced the ...

Fig. 1 (a) Schematic of a PM that consists of two nanobeam cavities. (b) Normalized profile of the electric field (Ex at left and Ey at right) for the S and AS mode Polarization is an intrinsic ...

The resolving capabilities of far-field optical imaging schemes are limited by their inability to collect rapidly decaying evanescent waves, which contain detailed spatial information. To overcome ...

Those of you who read my writing regularly know that I love pretty pictures. From my perspective, pretty much every camera and imaging system in the world is disappointing, because, when you “enhance ...

Researchers at Caltech in the US have invented a new type of imaging technique that merges the best qualities from electron and light microscopy. The hybrid technique, dubbed “photon-induced ...