Title :
Negative radiation pressure via dielectric birefringence
Author :
Nemirovsky, Jonathan ; Rechtsman, Mikael ; Segev, Mordechai
Author_Institution :
Phys. Dept., Technion - Israel Inst. of Technol., Haifa, Israel
Abstract :
We show how to achieve negative radiation pressure in a vacuum gap inside 1D waveguides, made of ordinary dielectric birefringent layered materials. The negative radiation pressure arises from modes with opposite group and phase velocities.
Keywords :
birefringence; dielectric materials; optical waveguides; radiation pressure; 1D waveguides; dielectric birefringence; negative radiation pressure; ordinary dielectric birefringent layered materials; phase velocities; vacuum gap; Crystals; Dielectrics; Geometry; Mirrors; Optical waveguides;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
