Fig. 1

(a) Schematic illustration of direct laser micro-drilling of high-quality photonic nanojet by the microcone-shaped optical fiber tip. (b) Geometrical definition of the microcone-shaped fiber tip. (c) Optical microscope and (d) scanning electron microscope images of the optical fiber probe with microcone-shaped tip. (e) Schematics of the developed optical setup. (f) Experimental configuration for direct laser micro-drilling by the microcone-shaped optical fiber tip