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| author | Mikkelsen, Tobias Abilock Placinta, Cristian Glückstad, Jesper Karamehmedović, Mirza |
| author_facet | Mikkelsen, Tobias Abilock Placinta, Cristian Glückstad, Jesper Karamehmedović, Mirza |
| contents | We present a phase-only time-reversal framework for steering photonic nanojets without mechanical motion or amplitude modulation. Time-reversed radiation by a synthetic source placed at the target PNJ location helps define a phase-only modulation on a control line, compatible with a spatial light modulator, that produces the desired PNJ. Full-wave finite-difference frequency-domain (FDFD) simulations demonstrate robust lateral and axial steering with subwavelength confinement and low sidelobes. A parametric study of microelement geometries shows that nanojet formation is largely insensitive to moderate boundary variations, with simple shapes providing competitive performance. Robustness to fabrication and alignment errors is confirmed via uncertainty analysis. |
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| publishDate | 2026 |
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| spellingShingle | Programmable photonic nanojets via phase-only time-reversal: a numerical study Mikkelsen, Tobias Abilock Placinta, Cristian Glückstad, Jesper Karamehmedović, Mirza Optics We present a phase-only time-reversal framework for steering photonic nanojets without mechanical motion or amplitude modulation. Time-reversed radiation by a synthetic source placed at the target PNJ location helps define a phase-only modulation on a control line, compatible with a spatial light modulator, that produces the desired PNJ. Full-wave finite-difference frequency-domain (FDFD) simulations demonstrate robust lateral and axial steering with subwavelength confinement and low sidelobes. A parametric study of microelement geometries shows that nanojet formation is largely insensitive to moderate boundary variations, with simple shapes providing competitive performance. Robustness to fabrication and alignment errors is confirmed via uncertainty analysis. |
| title | Programmable photonic nanojets via phase-only time-reversal: a numerical study |
| topic | Optics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.15848 |