On optical forces in spherical whispering gallery mode resonators
Optics
2015-05-30 v1 Quantum Physics
Abstract
In this paper we discuss the force exerted by the field of an optical cavity on a polarizable dipole. We show that the modification of the cavity modes due to interaction with the dipole significantly alters the properties of the force. In particular, all components of the force are found to be non-conservative, and cannot, therefore, be derived from a potential energy. We also suggest a simple generalization of the standard formulas for the optical force on the dipole, which reproduces the results of calculations based on the Maxwell stress tensor.
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@article{arxiv.1110.1407,
title = {On optical forces in spherical whispering gallery mode resonators},
author = {J. T. Rubin and L. Deych},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1110.1407},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
To pe published in Optics Express Focus Issue: "Collective phenomena in photonic, plasmonic and hybrid structures"