<? 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 …

Optomechanics is concerned with the use of light to control mechanical objects. As a field, it
has been hugely successful in the production of precise and novel sensors, the …

The quantum ground state of a massive mechanical system is a step** stone for
investigating macroscopic quantum states and building high fidelity sensors. With the recent …

The pace of innovations in the field of optical trap** has ramped up in the past couple of
years. The implementation of structured light, leading to groundbreaking inventions such as …

In ferromagnets, an electric current generally induces a transverse Hall voltage in proportion
to the internal magnetization. This effect is frequently used for the electrical readout of the …

Transverse spin momentum related to the spin angular momentum (SAM) of light has been
theoretically studied recently and predicted to generate an intriguing optical lateral force …

Since their invention in 1986 by Arthur Ashkin and colleagues, optical tweezers have
become an essential tool in several fields of physics, spectroscopy, biology …

The momentum of light beams can possess azimuthal densities, circulating around the
beam axis and inducing intriguing mechanical effects in local light-matter interaction …

The concept of lateral optical force (LOF) is of general interest in optical manipulation as it
releases the constraint of intensity gradient in tightly focused light, yet such a force is …

Optical manipulations utilizing the mechanical effect of light have been indispensable in
various disciplines. Among those various manipulations, optical pulling has emerged …