Title :
Anomalous optical force fields around high-contrast subwavelength nanowaveguides
Author :
Ren, H. ; Salandrino, A. ; Siviloglou, G.A. ; Christodoulides, D.N.
Author_Institution :
CREOL, Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA
Abstract :
We show that anomalous-even repulsive-force fields can be induced around high-contrast optical nanowaveguides. Interestingly the longitudinal scattering force attains a maximum value even within regions where the Poynting vector is negative.
Keywords :
Biomedical optical imaging; Dielectrics; Nonlinear optics; Optical polarization; Optical refraction; Optical scattering; Optical sensors; Optical surface waves; Optical variables control; Particle scattering;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
