DocumentCode
689896
Title
Experimental demonstration of negative optical forces at dielectric interfaces
Author
Kajorndejnukul, Veerachart ; Weiqiang Ding ; Sukhov, Sergey ; Cheng-Wei Qiu ; Dogariu, Aristide
Author_Institution
Coll. of Opt. & Photonics (CREOL), Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA
fYear
2013
fDate
9-14 June 2013
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We demonstrate for the first time that paraxial beams can exert long range optical pulling forces on objects at soft interfaces due to the increase of linear momentum of light in higher index dielectrics.
Keywords
dielectric materials; geometrical optics; laser beams; dielectric interfaces; linear light momentum; long range optical pulling forces; negative optical forces; paraxial beams; soft interfaces; Lighting; Optical polarization; Optical propagation; Optical refraction; Optical scattering; Optical variables control;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA
Type
conf
Filename
6834286
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