• 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