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A type of near-field curved light field generated right at the output of a dielectric cuboid is experimentally observed. It is expected to have interesting applications in imaging and manipulation.

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Fig. 1: A three-dimensional depiction of the dielectric cuboid with a photonic hook generated at the output.

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Dholakia, K., Bruce, G.D. Optical hooks. Nat. Photonics 13, 229–230 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41566-019-0403-9

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