2025/11/05 by Jacob B. Khurgin · 1 voice
Engineering · Materials Science · #Near-Field Optical Microscopy #Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research #Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications
paper · pdf · doi:10.1186/s43593-025-00115-8
openalex created_date 2025/11/05 · openalex publication_date 2025/11/05 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29
Abstract Overcoming the diffraction limit in optics is challenging and demands a profound understanding of light behavior under extreme confinement. The newly developed framework, termed singulonics, demonstrates the formation of sub-diffraction limit narwhal-shaped optical modes under specific conditions. Experimental implementation of this field confinement within a tiny sub-wavelength volume enables the acquisition of near-field super resolution images.