Abbreviated Journal Title
Opt. Express
Keywords
FORCE; PARTICLES; STABILITY; SPHERE; Optics
Abstract
The symmetry in action and reaction between interacting particulate matter breaks down when the interaction is mediated by an outof-equilibrium environment. Nevertheless, even in this case, the space translational invariance still imposes the conservation of canonical momentum. Here we show that optical binding of an asymmetric material system can result in non-reciprocal interactions between constituents. We demonstrate that a non-conservative force applies to the center of mass of an optically bound dimer of dissimilar particles, which leads to an unexpected action in the transversal direction. The sign and the magnitude of this positional force depend on the abrupt phase transitions in the properties of the asymmetric dimer.
Journal Title
Optics Express
Volume
23
Issue/Number
1
Publication Date
1-1-2015
Document Type
Article
Language
English
First Page
247
Last Page
252
WOS Identifier
ISSN
1094-4087
Recommended Citation
Sukhov, Sergey; Shalin, Alexander; Haefner, David; and Dogariu, Aristide, "Actio et reactio in optical binding" (2015). Faculty Bibliography 2010s. 6816.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/facultybib2010/6816
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