Professor Zengbo (James ) Wang
Professor in Imaging and Laser Micromachining

Contact info
Email: z.wang@bangor.ac.uk
Office: Dean Street Building, Bangor University, Room 228
Tel: +44(0) 1248 382696
Fax: +44(0) 1248 362686
Web: https://laserphotonics.uk
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=5MBSTZ8AAAAJ&hl=en
- 2025
- Published
Detection of picometer scale vibration based on the microsphere near-field probe
Yao, L., Lu, Y., Yue, L., Wang, Y., Cong, Z., Sun, Y., Dong, T., Jiang, C. & Wang, Z., 1 Jan 2025, In: Measurement. 242, Part A, 115892.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Microsphere-assisted super-resolution polarized light microscopy for polarization-sensitive materials
Ye, R., Zhang, X., Zhi, L., Cao, Y., Melinte, S., Wang, Z. & Yang, S., Jan 2025, In: Optics Letters. 50, 3, p. 908-911Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2024
- Published
Dielectric microparticles for enhanced optical imaging: an FDTD analysis of contrast and resolution
Bekirov, A., Wang, Z., Luk'yanchuk, B. & Fedyanin, A., 13 Dec 2024, In: Journal of the Optical Society of America A. 42, 1, p. 45-50Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Daily germination rates of temperate tree species’ seed under elevated ozone fumigation
Atkin-Willoughby, J. (Other), Smith, A. (Other), Peters, T. (Other) & Wang, Z. (Other), 2 Oct 2024Research output: Non-textual form › Data set/Database
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SuperNANO: Enabling Nanoscale Laser Anti-Counterfeiting Marking and Precision Cutting with Super-Resolution Imaging
Chen, Y., Yan, B., Yue, L., Baxter, C. & Wang, Z., 5 Sept 2024, In: Photonics. 11, 846.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Superlens-Assisted laser nanostructuring of Long Period optical fiber Gratings (LPGs) for enhanced refractive index sensing
Chen, Y., Yue, L., Yang, X., Baxter, C. & Wang, Z., 1 Sept 2024, In: Optics and Laser Technology. 176, 111001.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- E-pub ahead of print
Optimized Wide-Angle Metamaterial Edge Filters: Enhanced Performance with Multi-Layer Designs and Anti-Reflection Coatings
Wu, B., Monks, J. N., Yue, L., Hurst, A. & Wang, Z., 10 May 2025, In: Photonics. 11, 5, 446.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Photonic Hook-Assisted Contrast-Enhanced Super-Resolution Imaging Using Janus Microspheres
Zou, P., Xu, C., Zhi, L., Melinte, S., Wang, Z., Zuo, C. & Ye, R., 1 Mar 2024, In: IEEE Photonics Technology Letters. 36, 5, p. 353-356 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Flexible Micro-Nano Fiber Sensors for Tactile Sensing
Wang, Y., Jiang, C., Dong, T., Liu, X., Chen, P., yu, X., Yue, L. & Wang, Z., 15 Feb 2024, In: IEEE Sensors Journal. 24, 4, p. 4458-4463 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2023
- Published
Nano-imaging with TiO2 superlenses: A comparative study of Design variants
Wu, B. & Wang, Z., 1 Dec 2023, Laser Science 2023. Optica Publishing Group, JM7A.35Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
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Enhancing Security with Superlens-Enabled Laser Direct Marking of Anti-counterfeiting DotCode
Chen, Y., Kwok, W. & Wang, Z., Dec 2023, Laser Science 2023. Optica Publishing Group, JM7A.34Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
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Roadmap on Label-Free Super-resolution Imaging
Astratov, V., Sahel, Y., Eldar, Y., Huang, L., Ozcan, A., Wang, Z., Zheludev, N. I., Zhao, J., Burns, Z., Liu, Z., Narimanov, E., Goswami, N., Popescu, G., Pfitzner, E., Kukura, P., Hsiao, Y.-T., Hsieh, C.-L., Abbey, B., Diaspro, A., LeGratiet, A., Bianchini, P., Shaked, N. T., Simon, B., Verrier, N., Debailleul, M., Haeberle, O., Wang, S., Liu, M., Bai, Y., Cheng, J.-X., Karim,an, B. S., Fujita, K., Sinvani, M., Zalevsky, Z., Li, X., Huang, G.-J., Chu, S.-W., Tzang, O., Smolyaninov, I. I., Leonhardt, U., Sahebdivan, S., Hershkovitz, D., Cheshnovsky, O., Huttunen, M. J., Stanciu, S. G., Smolyaninova, V. N., Wang, Z., Luk'yanchuk, B., Wu, L., Maslov, A. V., Jin, B., Simovski, C. R., Perrin, S., Montgomery, P. & Lecler, S., Dec 2023, In: Laser & Photonics Reviews. 17, 12, 202200029.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Photonic Hook Initiated Using an Air–Liquid Interface
Yue, L., Yan, B., Wang, Z., Minin, O. & Minin, I., 23 Oct 2023, In: Photonics. 10, 1175.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Wide-Field and Real-Time Super-Resolution Optical Imaging By Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticle-Assembled Solid Immersion Lens
Wang, W., Yan, B., Wang, H., Chen, Y., Nie, X., Yi, C., Wang, Z., Xu, Z., Zeng, J. & Fan, W., 7 Jun 2023, In: Small. 19, 23, 2207596.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Completely non-invasive cell manipulation in lens-integrated microfluidic devices by single-fiber optical tweezers
Jiang, C., Wang, Y., Dong, T., Li, D., Yan, B., Chen, P., Shao, K., Wang, X. & Wang, Z., 12 Apr 2023, In: Optics Letters. 48, 8, p. 2130-2133Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Focusing light with a metal film coated patchy particle
Xu, C., Ye, R., Zou, P., Yang, T., Melinte, S., Wang, Z. & Zuo, C., 13 Mar 2023, In: Optics Express. 31, 6, p. 10894-10904Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Combined single/dual fiber optical trapping for flexible particle manipulation
Gao, B., Zhong, H., Yan, B., Yue, L., Dang, Y., Chen, P., Jiang, C. & Wang, Z., 1 Feb 2023, In: Optics and Lasers in Engineering. 161, 107373.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2022
- Published
A New Method for Micro Fresnel Zone Plates Lens Design and Low-cost Fabrication by Laser Direct Writing
Chen, Y., Wang, Z., Wu, B., Yan, B., Yue, L. & Joya, Y., 22 Oct 2022, Frontiers in Optics + Laser Science 2022. Optica Publishing GroupResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
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Generation of Photonic Hooks under Point-Source Illumination from Patchy Microcylinders
Shang, Q., Xu, C., Tang, F., Li, J., Fan, Y., Yuan, C., Wang, Z., Zuo, C. & Ye, R., 19 Sept 2022, In: Photonics. 9, 9, 667.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Nanovibration detection based on a microsphere
Jiang, C., Wang, W., Yan, B., Chen, P., Xu, K., Sun, Y., Cong, Z., Dong, T., Zhou, Y., Wang, Z. & Wang, X., 1 Sept 2022, In: Optics Letters. 47, 17, p. 4560-4563Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Special Issue on Photonic Jet: Science and Application
Wang, Z., Luk'yanchuk, B. & Minin, I., 1 Aug 2022, In: Photonics. 9, 8, 540.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review
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Optical phenomena in dielectric spheres several light wavelengths in size: a review
Luk'yanchuk, B., Bekirov, A., Wang, Z., Minin, I., Minin, O. & Fedyanin, A., Aug 2022, In: Physics of Wave Phenomena. 30, 4, p. 217-241Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Optical super-resonances in dielectric microsphere particles: Proc. SPIE 12152
Wang, Z., Luk'yanchuk, B., Wu, B., Yan, B., Assel, A., Yaminsky, I., Yu, H. & Liu, L., 24 May 2022, p. 1215205. 7 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
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Localized photonic nanojet based sensing platform for highly efficient signal amplification and quantitative biosensing
Zhang, P., Yan, B., Gu, G., Yu, Z., Chen, X., Wang, Z. & Yang, H., 15 Apr 2022, In: Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical. 357, 131401.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Near-Field Light-Bending Photonic Switch: Physics of Switching Based on Three-Dimensional Poynting Vector Analysis
Yue, L., Wang, Z., Yan, B., Xie, Y., Geints, Y. E., Minin, O. & Minin, I., 4 Mar 2022, In: Photonics. 9, 3, 154.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Photonic lenses with whispering gallery waves at Janus particles
Minin, I., Minin, O., Cao, Y., Yan, B., Wang, Z. & Luk'yanchuk, B., 16 Feb 2022, In: Opto-Electronic Science. 1, 2, 210008.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Photonic Jet: Science and Application
Wang, Z., Luk'yanchuk, B. & Minin, I., 2022, Switzerland: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI). 126 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
- 2021
- Published
Colossal magnetic fields in high refractive index materials at microwave frequencies
Lukyanchuk, B. S., Vasilyak, L. M., Pecherkin, V. Y., Vetchinin, S. P., Fortov, V. E., Wang, Z., Paniagua-Dominguez, R. & Fedyanin, A., 6 Dec 2021, In: Scientific Reports. 11, 1, 23453.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Super-Resolution Imaging with Patchy Microspheres
Shang, Q., Tang, F., Yu, L., Oubaha, H., Caina, D., Yang, S., Melinte, S., Zuo, C., Wang, J. & Ye, R., 15 Nov 2021, In: Photonics. 8, 513.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Label-free non-invasive subwavelength-resolution imaging using yeast cells as biological lenses
Jiang, C., Yue, H., Yan, B., Dong, T., Cui, X., Chen, P. & Wang, Z., 1 Nov 2021, In: Biomedical optics express. 12, 11, p. 7113-7121 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Wave theory of virtual image [invited]
Bekirov, A., Luk'yanchuk, B., Wang, J. & Fedyanin, A., 5 Oct 2021, In: Optical Materials Express. 11, 11, p. 3646-3655Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Super-Resolution Imaging by Dielectric Superlenses: TiO2 Metamaterial Superlens versus BaTiO3 Superlens
Dhama, R., Yan, B., Palego, C. & Wang, Z., 15 Jun 2021, In: Photonics. 8, 6, 222.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Ultrafast femtosecond laser micro-marking of single-crystal natural diamond by two-lens focusing system
Joya, Y., Yan, B., James, K., Yue, L., Middleburgh, S. & Wang, J., Mar 2021, In: Materials Today Communications. 26, 7 p., 101800.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2020
- Published
Super-Enhancement Focusing of Teflon Spheres
Yue, L., Wang, J., Yan, B., Monks, J., Joya, Y., Dhama, R., Minin, O. & Minin, I., 9 Oct 2020, In: Annalen der Physik. 532, 10, 2000373.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Shift-free fixed-line laser protection filter technology
Wang, J., 7 Oct 2020.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
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Synergetic Effect of Plasmonic Gold Nanorods and MgO for Perovskite Solar Cells
Xia, Z., Zhang, C., Feng, Z., Wu, Z., Wang, J., Chen, X. & Huang, S., 14 Sept 2020, In: Nanomaterials. 10, 9, 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Unibody microscope objective tipped with a microsphere: design, fabrication, and application in subwavelength imaging
Yan, B., Song, Y., Yang, X., Xiong, D. & Wang, J., 10 Mar 2020, In: Applied Optics. 59, 8, p. 2641-2648 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Superlensing Plano-Convex-Microsphere(PCM) lens for direct laser nano marking and beyond
Yan, B., Yue, L., Monks, J., Yang, X., Xiong, D., Jiang, C. & Wang, J., 1 Mar 2020, In: Optics Letters. 45, 5, p. 1168-1171Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2019
- Published
High order Fano resonances and giant magnetic fields in dielectric microspheres
Wang, J., Luk'yanchuk, B., Yue, L., Yan, B., Monks, J., Dhama, R., Minin, O., Minin, I., Huang, S. & Fedyanin, A., 30 Dec 2019, In: Scientific Reports. 9, 1, 20293.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Full three-dimensional Poynting vector flow analysis of great field-intensity enhancement in specifically sized spherical-particles
Yue, L., Yan, B., Monks, J., Dhama, R., Jiang, C., Minin, O., Minin, I. & Wang, Z., 27 Dec 2019, In: Scientific Reports. 9, 1, p. 1-8 8 p., 20224.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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High performance perovskite solar cells using Cu9S5 supraparticles incorporated hole transport layers
Zhou, X., Li, Z., Deng, X., Yan, B., Wang, J., Chen, X. & Huang, S., 14 Aug 2019, In: Nanotechnology. 30, 44, 12 p., 445401 .Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Enhancing photovoltaic performance of perovskite solar cells utilizing germanium nanoparticles
Zhang, C., Li, Z., Deng, X., Yan, B., Wang, Z., Chen, X., Sun, Z. & Huang, S., 1 Aug 2019, In: Solar Energy. 188, p. 839-848Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Experimental observation of a photonic hook
Minin, I. V., Minin, O. V., Katyba, G. M., Chernomyrdin, N. V., Kurlov, V. N., Zaytsev, K. I., Yue, L., Wang, Z. & Christodoulides, D. N., 21 Jan 2019, In: Applied Physics Letters. 114, 3, 5 p., 031105 .Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Super-Resolution Imaging and Microscopy by Dielectric Particle-Lenses
Wang, J. & Lukyanchuk, B. S., 2019, Super-Resolution Imaging and Microscopy by Dielectric Particle-Lenses. Astratov, V. (ed.). Springer, p. 371-406Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
- 2018
- Published
A wide-angle shift-free metamaterial filter design for anti-laser striking application
Monks, J., Yue, L., Yan, B., Aldred, B., Hurst, A. & Wang, Z., 15 Dec 2018, In: Optics Communications. 429, p. 53-59 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Enhancing photovoltaic performance of perovskite solar cells with silica nanosphere antireflection coatings
Luo, Q., Deng, X., Yu, M., Zhang, C., Zhou, X., Wang, Z., Chen, X. & Huang, S., 15 Jul 2018, In: Solar Energy. 169, p. 128-135Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A millimetre-wave cuboid solid immersion lens with intensity-enhanced amplitude mask apodization
Yue, L., Yan, B., Monks, J., Dhama, R., Wang, Z., Minin, O. & Minin, I., Jun 2018, In: Journal of Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves. 39, 6, p. 546-552Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Photonic Jet by a Near‐Unity‐Refractive‐Index Sphere on a Dielectric Substrate with High Index Contrast
Yue, L., Yan, B., Monks, J., Dhama, R., Wang, Z., Minin, O. & Minin, I., Jun 2018, In: Annalen der Physik. 530, 6, 6 p., 1800032.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Photonic hook: a new curved light beam
Yue, L., Minin, O., Wang, Z., Monks, J., Shalin, A. & Minin, I., 15 Feb 2018, In: Optics Letters. 43, 4, p. 771-774Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Intensity‐Enhanced Apodization Effect on an Axially Illuminated Circular‐Column Particle‐Lens
Yue, L., Yan, B., Monks, J., Dhama, R., Wang, Z., Minin, O. & Minin, I., Feb 2018, In: Annalen der Physik. 530, 2, 4 p., 1700384.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review