Facts about Nanophotonics

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   Near-field optical microscopy, a technique enabled by nanophotonics, allows imaging with resolution surpassing the diffraction limit by placing a detector within nanometers of a sample surface.

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   Metallic nanoparticles used in nanophotonics exhibit localized surface plasmon resonance, a phenomenon exploited in biosensors capable of detecting single molecules.

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   Photonic crystals, a key structure in nanophotonics, can create photonic band gaps that forbid certain wavelengths of light from propagating through the material.

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   Plasmonic nanostructures in nanophotonics can confine light to volumes far below the classical diffraction limit, enabling extreme concentration of electromagnetic energy.

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   The field of nanophotonics studies how light interacts with structures smaller than its wavelength, typically at the nanometer scale.

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