Abstract: The invention relates to a method for creating a space of invisibility, which comprises: (a) providing a metamaterial plate having a subwavelength thickness, said metamaterial plate having bottom and top surfaces; (b) radiating the bottom surface of the metamaterial plate by a primary radiation thereby to form a space of invisibility above the top surface of the metamaterial plate, said space of invisibility being located within a space of a secondary radiation above the metamaterial plate which is in turn formed as a result of said primary radiation passing through metamaterial plate.

Abstract: The invention relates to a beam polarization rotator, which comprises: (a) a waveguide having an input facet, an output facet, and four side facets; (b) a core material of the waveguide having a first refractive index; (c) a coating material of the side facets having a refractive index lower than said refractive index of the core material; wherein the waveguide has a cuboid-twisted shape, such that a distal portion of an originally cuboid body is twisted at an angle ? about a longitudinal-central axis of the waveguides body, while a proximal portion of the body remains fixed relative to said axis, resulting in said output facet be at an offset orientation angle ? relative to the orientation of said input facet.

Abstract: The invention relates to an on-chip optical waveguide comprising an input or output facet, the facet comprising an array of unit-cells; each unit cell is a recess that gradually narrows in the direction from the outer of the waveguide towards the interior of the waveguide.

Abstract: A method for detecting an analyte reactive towards luminol, comprising the steps of: feeding into a reaction chamber an alkaline solution of luminol, noble metal nanoparticles and at least one analyte reactive towards luminol, wherein the reaction chamber is in the form of a curved channel; detecting the light emitted due to a chemiluminescence reaction taking place in said channel; and discharging a reaction mass from said channel, characterized in that the average diameter of the metal nanoparticles is greater than 25 nm. Also provided is a microfluidic device for carrying out the method.

Abstract: The invention relates to an input or output facet for an on-chip optical waveguide, the facet comprising a grid of gradually expanding unit-cells such as cones or pyramids.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the preparation of a layer containing a plurality of linear carbyne chains, the method comprising (a) applying laser ablation on a piece of shungite in a liquid, followed by laser irradiation of the resultant carbon structures within the liquid in the presence of stabilizing metal nanoparticles, thereby to form a colloidal solution; and (b) subjecting at least a portion of said colloidal solution to AC voltage while the solution is allowed to dry, thereby to create a two-dimensional layer containing a plurality of carbyne chains.

Abstract: The invention provides a method of analyzing a liquid sample, comprising the steps of: passing near-infrared light through the sample, wherein the light travels in metal nanoparticles-added microfiber that is immersed in the sample; obtaining spectral information across a wavelength range of about 750 nm to about 1800 nm; and qualitatively identifying, and optionally quantitatively characterizing, one or more analytes in the sample. Near-infrared spectrophotometer carry out the method is also provided by the invention.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for creating a space of invisibility, which comprises: (a) providing a metamaterial plate having a subwavelength thickness, said metamaterial plate having bottom and top surfaces; (b) radiating the bottom surface of the metamaterial plate by a primary radiation thereby to form a space of invisibility above the top surface of the metamaterial plate, said space of invisibility being located within a space of a secondary radiation above the metamaterial plate which is in turn formed as a result of said primary radiation passing through metamaterial plate.

Abstract: A method for detecting an analyte reactive towards luminol, comprising the steps of: feeding into a reaction chamber an alkaline solution of luminol, noble metal nanoparticles and at least one analyte reactive towards luminol, wherein the reaction chamber is in the form of a curved channel; detecting the light emitted due to a chemiluminescence reaction taking place in said channel; and discharging a reaction mass from said channel, characterized in that the average diameter of the metal nanoparticles is greater than 25 nm. Also provided is a microfluidic device for carrying out the method.

Abstract: The invention provides a method of analyzing a liquid sample, comprising the steps of: passing near-infrared light through the sample, wherein the light travels in metal nanoparticles-added microfiber that is immersed in the sample; obtaining spectral information across a wavelength range of about 750 nm to about 1800 nm; and qualitatively identifying, and optionally quantitatively characterizing, one or more analytes in the sample. Near-infrared spectrophotometer carry out the method is also provided by the invention.

Abstract: The present application describes a NIR spectrometer for label-free, rapid, portable and high-precision molecular composition analysis of a sample. The NIR spectrometer is integrated in a lab-on-chip and comprises a broadband NIR source configured to generate NIR light pulses; collimating and focusing objectives; a PDMS chamber mounted on a silicate glass support and designed to be filled with the sample and to receive an NIR light beam from a channel waveguide; the cannel waveguide built in a silicate glass support and configured to transmit the NIR light beam through the sample; an optical spectrum analyser configured to receive the NIR light beam, partially absorbed by the sample, and to measure an output signal intensity of the light beam versus a wavelength of said light beam; optical fibres connecting the components of the NIR spectrometer; and a computing unit.