Title

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

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. © 2011 American Physical Society.

Publication Date

11-10-2011

Publication Title

Physical Review Letters

Volume

107

Issue

20

Number of Pages

-

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.203602

Socpus ID

81055148222 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/81055148222

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