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    Optical superresolution without evanescent waves

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    We show that arbitrarily small localization of light of prescribed profile can be created within a finite area of space using a mask illuminated by a monochromatic plane wave, without evanescent waves

    Taxonomy and geographical distribution of Panchrysia Hübner, [1821] of China, with description of a new species (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Plusiinae)

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    Hu, Yan-Qing, Huang, Zhen-Fu, Wang, Min (2017): Taxonomy and geographical distribution of Panchrysia Hübner, [1821] of China, with description of a new species (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Plusiinae). Zootaxa 4238 (2): 263-267, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4238.2.

    Super-resolution without evanescent waves

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    The past decade has seen numerous efforts to achieve imaging resolution beyond that of the Abbe-Rayleigh diffraction limit. The main direction of research aiming to break this limit seeks to exploit the evanescent components containing fine detail of the electromagnetic field distribution at the immediate proximity of the object. Here, we propose a solution that removes the need for evanescent fields. The object being imaged or stimulated with subwavelength accuracy does not need to be in the immediate proximity of the superlens or field concentrator: an optical mask can be designed that creates constructive interference of waves known as superoscillation, leading to a subwavelength focus of prescribed size and shape in a field of view beyond the evanescent fields, when illuminated by a monochromatic wave. Moreover, we demonstrate that such a mask may be used not only as a focusing device but also as a super-resolution imaging device

    Near-Field Plasmonics of an Individual Dielectric Nanoparticle above a Metallic Substrate

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    We simulate and discuss the local electric-field enhancement in a system of a dielectric nanoparticle placed very near to a metallic substrate. We use finite-element numerical simulations in order to understand the field-enhancement mechanism in this dielectric NP-on-mirror system. Under appropriate excitation conditions, the gap between the particle and the substrate becomes a "hot spot", i.e., a region of intense electromagnetic field. We also show how the optical properties of the dielectric NP placed on a metallic substrate affect the plasmonic field enhancement in the nanogap and characterize the confinement in the gap. Our study helps to understand and design systems with dielectric NPs on metallic substrates which can be equally as effective for SERS, fluorescence, and nonlinear phenomena as conventional all plasmonic structures.</p

    Focal-plane arrays: nanohole arrays enable multiple-point-source imaging

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    A new type of focal-plane array made of a nanoscale metal screen mimics the function of a lens, focuses light (and plasmons) into subwavelength hot spots, and achieves high-resolution imaging of complex sources

    Subwavelength localization of light on double-periodic nanowire metamaterials

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    We relate localization of light to resonant transmission of planar metamaterial nano-wire array and show that due to plasmon resonance optical near-field distributions show a strong dependence on the wavelength and polarization

    Optical super-resolution through super-oscillations

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    We demonstrate that a quasi-periodic array of nanoholes in a metal screen can focus light into subwavelength spots in the far-field without contributions from evanescent fields. The subwavelength spots were observed with a conventional optical microscope and mapped to the far-field. We relate the formation of subwavelength light localizations in the far-field to the phenomenon of super-oscillations. This effect offers a new way to achieve subwavelength imaging, which differs from approaches based on the recovery of evanescent fields

    Fig. 5 in Complete mitochondrial genome sequence of Bonasa sewerzowi (Galliformes: Phasianidae) and phylogenetic analysis

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    Fig. 5. Nucleotide composition of different partitions from two Bonasa mitogenomes. AT-skew, (A-T)/(A+T); GC-skew, (G-C)/(G+C); PCG-1st, the first codon positions of PCGs; PCG-2nd, the second codon positions of PCGs; PCG-3rd, the third codon positions of PCGs.Published as part of Li, Xue-Juan, Huang, Yuan & Lei, Fu-Min, 2014, Complete mitochondrial genome sequence of Bonasa sewerzowi (Galliformes: Phasianidae) and phylogenetic analysis, pp. 359-371 in Zoological Systematics 39 (3) on page 367, DOI: 10.11865/zs20140302, http://zenodo.org/record/717666

    Direct assembly of three-dimensional mesh plasmonic rolls

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    A direct-assembly method to construct three-dimensional (3D) plasmonic nanostructures yields porous plasmonic rolls through the strain-induced self-rolling up of two-dimensional metallic nanopore films. This route is scalable to different hole sizes and film thicknesses, and applicable to a variety of materials, providing general routes towards a diverse family of 3D metamaterials with nano-engineerable optical properties. These plasmonic rolls can be dynamically driven by light irradiation, rolling or unrolling with increasing or decreasing light intensity. Such dynamically controllable 3D plasmonic nanostructures offer opportunities both for sensing and feedback in active nano-actuators

    Panchrysia marmorea Ronkay 1986

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    Panchrysia marmorea (Ronkay, 1986) (Figs 5–8) Polychrysia marmorea Ronkay, 1986: 207. Type-locality: China, Siao-Lou (Tibet). Panchrysia marmorea: Ronkay et al., 2008: 75. Materials Summarized. 1 male, Yingjing, Sichuan, 18.VI.2016, Min Wang; 1 female, Siao-Lou, Tibet, 1903, K. Höfer; 1 male, 20 km W of Xide city, Daliang Shan, Sichuan Prov., China, 19–21.VIII. 1997, Nykl (coll. Lehmann). Distribution. China (Sichuan, Tibet).Published as part of Hu, Yan-Qing, Huang, Zhen-Fu & Wang, Min, 2017, Taxonomy and geographical distribution of Panchrysia Hübner, [1821] of China, with description of a new species (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Plusiinae), pp. 263-267 in Zootaxa 4238 (2) on page 266, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4238.2.7, http://zenodo.org/record/34526
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