Advances in light transverse momenta and optical lateral forces

Y Shi, X Xu, M Nieto-Vesperinas, Q Song… - Advances in Optics …, 2023 - opg.optica.org
<? pag\vskip-16pt?> Harnessing linear and angular momenta of light is one of the
cornerstones in modern optics and has found tremendous applications in optical circuits …

Plasmonic tweezers: for nanoscale optical trap** and beyond

Y Zhang, C Min, X Dou, X Wang, HP Urbach… - Light: Science & …, 2021 - nature.com
Optical tweezers and associated manipulation tools in the far field have had a major impact
on scientific and engineering research by offering precise manipulation of small objects …

Roadmap for optical tweezers

G Volpe, OM Maragò… - Journal of Physics …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Optical tweezers are tools made of light that enable contactless pushing, trap**, and
manipulation of objects, ranging from atoms to space light sails. Since the pioneering work …

Optical manipulation with metamaterial structures

Y Shi, Q Song, I Toftul, T Zhu, Y Yu, W Zhu… - Applied Physics …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
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Optical manipulation from the microscale to the nanoscale: fundamentals, advances and prospects

D Gao, W Ding, M Nieto-Vesperinas, X Ding… - Light: Science & …, 2017 - nature.com
Since the invention of optical tweezers, optical manipulation has advanced significantly in
scientific areas such as atomic physics, optics and biological science. Especially in the past …

Advances in full control of electromagnetic waves with metasurfaces

L Zhang, S Mei, K Huang… - Advanced Optical Materials, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Metasurfaces, two‐dimensional versions of metamaterials, retain the great capabilities of
three‐dimensional counterparts in manipulating electromagnetic wave behaviors, while …

Lateral optical force on chiral particles near a surface

SB Wang, CT Chan - Nature communications, 2014 - nature.com
Light can exert radiation pressure on any object it encounters and that resulting optical force
can be used to manipulate particles. It is commonly assumed that light should move a …

Chirality-assisted lateral momentum transfer for bidirectional enantioselective separation

Y Shi, T Zhu, T Zhang, A Mazzulla, DP Tsai… - Light: Science & …, 2020 - nature.com
Lateral optical forces induced by linearly polarized laser beams have been predicted to
deflect dipolar particles with opposite chiralities toward opposite transversal directions …

Optical pulling forces and their applications

H Li, Y Cao, LM Zhou, X Xu, T Zhu, Y Shi… - Advances in Optics …, 2020 - opg.optica.org
Optical manipulations utilizing the mechanical effect of light have been indispensable in
various disciplines. Among those various manipulations, optical pulling has emerged …