Stable optical lateral forces from inhomogeneities of the spin angular momentum

• Main Authors: Shi, Yuzhi, Zhu, Tongtong, Liu, Jingquan, Tsai, Din Ping, Zhang, Hui, Wang, Shubo, Chan, Che Ting, Wu, Pin Chieh, Zayats, Anatoly V., Nori, Franco, Liu, Ai Qun
• Other Authors: School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Engineering::Electrical and electronic engineering; Angular Momentum of Light; Experimental Evidence
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/168698
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

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 (OLF). Despite extensive studies, there is no direct experimental evidence of a stable OLF resulting from the dominant SA...