Whether intentionally introduced to exert control over particles and macroscopic objects,
such as for trapping or cooling, or whether arising from the quantum and thermal fluctuations …

Forces arising from overlap between the guided waves of parallel, microphotonic
waveguides are calculated. Both attractive and repulsive forces, determined by the choice of …

Radiation pressure is known to scale to large values in engineered micro and nanoscale
photonic waveguide systems. In addition to radiation pressure, dielectric materials also …

Undoubtedly, laser tweezers are the most recognized application of optically induced
mechanical action. Their operation is usually described in terms of conservative forces …

We have calculated the optically-induced force between coupled high-Q whispering gallery
modes of microsphere resonators. Attractive and repulsive forces are found, depending …

Here we demonstrate by theoretical analysis a novel way to enhance the omnidirectional
total-reflection wavelength range in one-dimensional photonic bandgap material by using a …

Propagation and tunneling of light through subwavelength photonic barriers, formed by
dielectric layers with continuous spatial variations of the dielectric susceptibility across the …

The behaviors of lateral and normal optical forces between coupled photonic crystal slabs
are analyzed. We show that the optical force is periodic with displacement, resulting in …

We demonstrate how the optical gradient force between two waveguides can be enhanced
using transformation optics. A thin layer of double-negative or single-negative metamaterial …

In this paper, we explore the spatiotemporal dynamics of spontaneous and stimulated
forward Brillouin scattering. This general treatment incorporates the optomechanical …