2013/07/11 by Kun Ding, Jack Ng, Lei Zhou +1 · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #Angular momentum #Chiral symmetry #Chirality (physics) #Classical mechanics #Coupling (piping) #Experimental and Theoretical Physics Studies #Mechanical and Optical Resonators #Momentum (technical analysis) #Optical force #Optical tweezers #Optomechanics #Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics #Particle (ecology) #Physics #Quantum #Quantum mechanics #Realization (probability) #Spin (aerodynamics) #physics.optics
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physreva.89.063825
published as PRA 89, 063825 (2014) · Main text (14 pages, 3 figures), appendix (7 pages)
arxiv created 2013/07/11 · openalex publication_date 2014/06/27 · arxiv updated 2015/06/16 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
The optical force acting on a chiral particle is qualitatively different from that acting on an achiral particle due to chirality-dependent forces which couple mechanical linear momentum with optical spin angular momentum. We show that such chirality-induced coupling can serve as a mechanism to realize optical pulling forces that can be predicted analytically and are also observed in full wave simulations for chiral structures.