Optical pulling force

TL;DR: It is demonstrated experimentally that dielectric nanoparticles can exhibit a radiationless anapole mode in visible, and the spectral overlap of the toroidal and electric dipole modes is achieved through a geometry tuning.

TL;DR: Experimental evidence is presented that a single low-loss dielectric subwavelength sphere of moderate refractive index radiates fields identical to those from equal amplitude crossed electric and magnetic dipoles, and indistinguishable from those of ideal magnetodielectric spheres, and these Kerker scattering conditions only depend on a/λ.

TL;DR: This review highlights the latest optical trapping configurations and their applications in bioscience, as well as recent advances down to the nanoscale, and discusses the future prospects of nanomanipulation.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors summarize the recent advances in the field of optical tweezers using structured light beams with customized phase, amplitude, and polarization in 3D optical trapping.

TL;DR: Optical trapping of dielectric particles by a single-beam gradient force trap was demonstrated for the first reported time, confirming the concept of negative light pressure due to the gradient force.

TL;DR: In this paper, Absorption and Scattering of Light by Small Particles is discussed. But it is not discussed in this paper, as it is done in this article.

TL;DR: This research presents the next generation of single-beam optical traps, which promise to take optical tweezers out of the laboratory and into the mainstream of manufacturing and diagnostics and even become consumer products.

TL;DR: In this paper, it is hypothesized that similar acceleration and trapping are possible with atoms and molecules using laser light tuned to specific optical transitions, and the implications for isotope separation and other applications of physical interest are discussed.