Title :
Optical tractor beams in scattering-induced left-handed fields
Author :
Salandrino, Alessandro ; Christodoulides, Demetrios N.
Author_Institution :
CREOL/Coll. of Opt. & Photonics, Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA
Abstract :
We show here that left handed electromagnetic fields can be established over extended regions in fully dielectric structures. Particles immersed in such field configurations would move upstream against the radiation pressure of the incident wave.
Keywords :
electromagnetic fields; light scattering; metamaterials; radiation pressure; dielectric structures; incident wave radiation pressure; left handed electromagnetic fields; optical tractor beams; scattering-induced left-handed fields; Dielectrics; Indexes; Materials; Optical beams; Optical scattering; Optical waveguides;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
