On the concept of "tractor beams"

    Authors

    S. Sukhov;A. Dogariu

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Opt. Lett.

    Keywords

    OPTICAL FORCES; PARTICLES; Optics

    Abstract

    We demonstrate the existence of a class of optical beams where the nonconservative forces can be locally oriented in a direction opposite to the propagation wave vector. Objects placed in the vicinity of these locations will move toward the source of light. The behavior of these negative forces is discussed for the particular case of nondiffracting rotating scale-invariant vector electromagnetic waves. (C) 2010 Optical Society of America

    Journal Title

    Optics Letters

    Volume

    35

    Issue/Number

    22

    Publication Date

    1-1-2010

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    3847

    Last Page

    3849

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000284261100045

    ISSN

    0146-9592

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