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Enhancing Optical Gradient Forces with Metamaterials
We demonstrate how the optical gradient force between two waveguides can be enhanced using transformation optics. A thin layer of double-negative or single-negative metamaterial can shrink the interwaveguide distance perceived by light, resulting in a more than tenfold enhancement of the optical force.
Ginis, Vincent+3 more
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Nonlinear optical response and self-trapping of light in biological suspensions
In the past decade, the development of artificial materials exhibiting novel optical properties has become a major scientific endeavor. One particularly interesting system is synthetic soft matter, which plays a central role in numerous fields ranging ...
Rekha Gautam+10 more
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The optothermal manipulation of micro-objects is significant for understanding and exploring the unknown in the microscale word, which has found many applications in colloidal science and life science.
Hao-Dong Wang+5 more
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Optical manipulation using electronic resonance can realize the selective manipulation of nano objects exhibiting quantum mechanical properties by confining electronic systems based on the characteristics of individual objects.
Wada Takudo+3 more
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Tracing optical force fields within graded-index media
The mechanical interaction between light and graded index media (both isotropic and anisotropic) is presented from the geometrical optics (GO) perspective.
Alireza Akbarzadeh+3 more
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Probing the Casimir force with optical tweezers [PDF]
We propose to use optical tweezers to probe the Casimir interaction between microspheres inside a liquid medium for geometric aspect ratios far beyond the validity of the widely employed proximity force approximation. This setup has the potential for revealing unprecedented features associated to the non-trivial role of the spherical curvatures.
Ether, D. S.+12 more
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The zoo of nonconservative optical forces
Optical forces are usually described as conservative ones originating from intensity gradients in optical tweezers. However, the fundamental optical action on matter is nonconservative. In contrast to gradient forces, the spectrum of action of nonconservative forces is much wider: they can propel, pull, rotate objects or move objects along complicated ...
Sergey Sukhov, Sergey Sukhov
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Vortex beam generators, particularly those operating in transmission mode, are extremely important in modern communication systems because they are believed to be an effective way to extend the capacity of a communication channel.
Yuzhou Ran+7 more
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Optical Forces in Metal/Dielectric/Metal Fishnet Metamaterials in the Visible Wavelength Regime
The optical force is calculated on a nanoparticle in close proximity to the surface of a fishnet metamaterial based on a metal/dielectric/metal film when illuminated at visible wavelengths.
Tun Cao, Lei Zhang, Martin J. Cryan
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Enhanced Optical Forces in Plasmonic Microstructures
RP acknowledges a grant from the JAE-doc program co-funded by European Social Fund. This work has partially been supported by MAT2011-28345-C02-02 (Spain) projects.
Kotsifaki, Domna G.+6 more
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