Title :
Anomalous optical forces on a Mie-particle in a transverse Poynting vector flow
Author :
Fardad, Shima ; Salandrino, Alessandro ; Zhigang Chen ; Christodoulides, Demetrios N.
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Opt. & Photonics, Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA
Abstract :
We show how a superposition of non-interfering plane waves can generate a transverse Poynting vector, which in turn leads to transverse optical forces on a fully isotropic dielectric scatterer, in contrast with conventional radiation-pressure forces.
Keywords :
Mie scattering; light scattering; radiation pressure; vectors; Mie particle; anomalous optical forces; fully isotropic dielectric scatterer; radiation-pressure forces; transverse Poynting vector flow; transverse optical forces; Educational institutions; Force; Optical polarization; Optical scattering; Vectors;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
