Transforming optical forces

Vincent Ginis; Philippe Tassin; Costas M. Soukoulis; Irina Veretennicoff

doi:10.1117/12.2025203

11 September 2013 Transforming optical forces

Vincent Ginis, Philippe Tassin, Costas M. Soukoulis, Irina Veretennicoff

Proceedings Volume 8806, Metamaterials: Fundamentals and Applications VI; 880603 (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2025203
Event: SPIE NanoScience + Engineering, 2013, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

We show how transformation optics can enhance optical gradient forces between two optical waveguides by several orders of magnitude. The technique is based on a coordinate transformation that alters the perceived distance between the waveguides. This transformation can be implemented using single-negative metamaterial thin films. The process is remarkably robust to the dissipative loss normally observed in metamaterials. There- fore, our results provide an alternative way to enhance optical forces in nanophotonic actuation systems and may be combined with existing resonator-based enhancement methods to produce optical gradient forces with unprecedented amplitude [Phys. Rev. Lett. 110, 057401 (2013)].

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Vincent Ginis, Philippe Tassin, Costas M. Soukoulis, and Irina Veretennicoff "Transforming optical forces", Proc. SPIE 8806, Metamaterials: Fundamentals and Applications VI, 880603 (11 September 2013); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2025203

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