Title

Negative Nonconservative Forces: Optical "Tractor Beams" for Arbitrary Objects

Authors

Authors

S. Sukhov;A. Dogariu

Comments

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Abbreviated Journal Title

Phys. Rev. Lett.

Keywords

RADIATION-PRESSURE; Physics, Multidisciplinary

Abstract

Based on the conservation of linear momentum on scattering from arbitrary objects, we demonstrate the generation of nonconservative optical forces that act in a direction opposite to the propagation of the incident beam. The concept can be applied to tailor the force fields produced on nonabsorbing bodies regardless of their sizes and shapes.

Journal Title

Physical Review Letters

Volume

107

Issue/Number

20

Publication Date

1-1-2011

Document Type

Article

DOI Link

http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.203602

Language

English

First Page

5

WOS Identifier

WOS:000297132200003

ISSN

0031-9007

Recommended Citation

"Negative Nonconservative Forces: Optical "Tractor Beams" for Arbitrary Objects" (2011). Faculty Bibliography 2010s. 1959.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/facultybib2010/1959