Optical pulling force on a particle near the surface of a dielectric slab waveguide

Nayan Kumar Paul; Brandon A. Kemp

doi:10.1117/1.OE.55.1.015106

27 January 2016 Optical pulling force on a particle near the surface of a dielectric slab waveguide

Nayan Kumar Paul, Brandon A. Kemp

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 55, Issue 1, 015106 (January 2016). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.55.1.015106

Abstract

Optical forces on a Rayleigh particle near the surface of a dielectric slab waveguide are considered. A light wave of the lowest-order TE⁰ mode is used to excite the particle. The transverse and longitudinal forces acting on the particle are studied. The particle is always trapped near the surface of the slab, where the electric field intensity is high. The particle can be pushed away from or pulled toward the light source along the surface of the slab by tuning the frequency around a switching frequency. This phenomenon switches between scattering and gradient forces near the switching frequency of the dielectric slab waveguide.

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Nayan Kumar Paul and Brandon A. Kemp "Optical pulling force on a particle near the surface of a dielectric slab waveguide," Optical Engineering 55(1), 015106 (27 January 2016). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.55.1.015106

Published: 27 January 2016

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