Near-field flat-plane images of spherical nanoparticles Original Research Article

The paper is devoted to numerical simulation of homogeneous images of dielectric, semiconductor and metal spherical nanoparticles in a flat plane situated in the near-field region. The influence of the particle radius, the distance to the image plane and the polarization direction of the illuminating light wave on image formation is illustrated on the basis of near-field Mie scattering theory.