Photonic nanojet effect in multilayer micrometre-sized spherical particles

The spatial and amplitude characteristics of photonic nanojets from micrometre-sized composite particles consisting of a nucleus and several shells with different refractive indices were considered. We investigated the longitudinal and transverse dimensions of the photon jet as well as the dependence of its peak intensity on the optical contrast of the shells. It was shown that, by varying the refractive index of the neighbouring shells in composite spherical microparticles, it is possible to manipulate the photonic nanojet parameters, in particular, increase its length or raise the peak intensity of the photon flux.