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Long-range optical pulling force device based on vortex beams and transformation optics

Optics 2019-04-30 v2

Abstract

In this work a method for generating a long-range optical pulling force is presented which is realized by utilizing a vortex beam and a device designed based on transformation optics through conformal mapping. The device works by transforming an input perfect vortex beam into an almost non-paraxial plane wave, and generates a pulling force by maximizing the forward momentum of the beam. A three-dimensional full-wave analysis of the device is performed and the optical force is computed by the Maxwell stress tensor method. The simulation results show a very good agreement with the theoretical calculations.

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@article{arxiv.1901.02130,
  title  = {Long-range optical pulling force device based on vortex beams and transformation optics},
  author = {Shahin Firuzi and Shengping Gong},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1901.02130},
  year   = {2019}
}
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