Abstract

In 1977, Arthur Ashkin and Joseph M. Dziedzic demonstrated that optical forces possess narrow spectral peaks determined by the internal resonances in microdroplets. These resonant optical forces open up a unique way of high-volume sorting of nearly identical “photonic atoms,” which may be used as building blocks for coupled-cavity structures and devices. However, to date, only relatively subtle resonant effects have been observed.

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