Sub-diffractive light confinement: A biological-based approach

Luigi Lavanga; Principia Dardano; Luca De Stefano; Ivo Rendina; Edoardo De Tommasi; Mario De Stefano; Carla Langella; Anna Chiara De Luca; Kishan Dholakia; Michael Mazilu

doi:10.1109/Fotonica.2014.6843934

Sub-diffractive light confinement: A biological-based approach

Luigi Lavanga, Principia Dardano, Luca De Stefano, Ivo Rendina, Edoardo De Tommasi, Mario De Stefano, Carla Langella, Anna Chiara De Luca, Kishan Dholakia, Michael Mazilu

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Abstract

We report the generation of subdiffractive laser light focal spots in far-field regime, by means of the so-called Optical Eigenmodes (OEi) technique applied to the focusing properties of a single valve of Arachnoidiscus genus diatom. Diatoms are ubiquitous microalgae whose external walls are able to confine light in several hot-spots. We demonstrated that the presence of the valve brings a significant contribution to the OEi-induced light squeezing, improving its performance.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2014 Fotonica AEIT Italian Conference on Photonics Technologies, Fotonica AEIT 2014
Publisher	IEEE Computer Society
ISBN (Print)	9788887237177
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/Fotonica.2014.6843934
Publication status	Published - 2014
Event	2014 Fotonica AEIT Italian Conference on Photonics Technologies, Fotonica AEIT 2014 - Naples, Italy Duration: 12 May 2014 → 14 May 2014

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Conference	2014 Fotonica AEIT Italian Conference on Photonics Technologies, Fotonica AEIT 2014
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Naples
Period	12/05/14 → 14/05/14

Keywords

Biomimicry
Biophotonics
Diatoms
Optical eigenmodes
Sub-diffraction techniques
Sub-wavelength techniques

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Lavanga, L., Dardano, P., De Stefano, L., Rendina, I., De Tommasi, E., De Stefano, M., Langella, C., De Luca, A. C., Dholakia, K., & Mazilu, M. (2014). Sub-diffractive light confinement: A biological-based approach. In 2014 Fotonica AEIT Italian Conference on Photonics Technologies, Fotonica AEIT 2014 Article 6843934 IEEE Computer Society. https://doi.org/10.1109/Fotonica.2014.6843934

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