Optical Longitudinal‐Lateral Force Directed in Arbitrary Directions by a Linearly Polarized Beam
Hang Li,
Tongtong Zhu,
Yongyin Cao
et al.
Abstract:Optical forces arise from the transfer of linear momentum between light and objects, while the tailoring schemes for longitudinal and lateral forces are always complicated and incompatible, which prevents them from achieving the same configuration. Here it is demonstrated that the exclusive longitudinal and lateral forces can be harnessed collaboratively, i.e., optical longitudinal‐lateral force (OLLF), which can scan the whole 2π space by solely rotating the half‐wave plate to switch the linear polarization o… Show more
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