Comparison of various approaches to the calculation of optically induced forces Original Research Article

Various approaches used for the calculation of optically induced forces applied to a transparent optical medium imbedded in a close plane optical resonator are analyzed. The forces are calculated by means of analysis of a change in the eigen frequency and energy stored in the resonator at various positions of the medium. It is shown that results obtained are identical to those calculated by means of approaches based on the Maxwell stress tensor, based on an analysis of a change in the momentum of light. An exception is for results obtained on the base of last versions of the Lorentz density force.