Nonconservative Optical Torques

David Haefner; Sergey Sukhov; Aristide Dogariu

doi:10.1364/QELS.2010.QMA6

Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics 2010
OSA Technical Digest (CD) (Optica Publishing Group, 2010),
paper QMA6
•https://doi.org/10.1364/QELS.2010.QMA6

Nonconservative Optical Torques

David Haefner, Sergey Sukhov, and Aristide Dogariu

Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference 2010

San Jose, California United States
16–21 May 2010
ISBN: 978-1-55752-889-6

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Novel Phenomena I (QMA)

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Abstract

We demonstrate that mutual electromagnetic interaction induces torques even in lossless spheres. This constitutes a new mechanism to gain energy from an external field, besides radiation pressure and absorption, and is fully controlled by polarization.

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