Optical binding: Potential energy landscapes and QED

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6905, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Rodríguez, Justo ^a   Dávila Romero, Luciana C ^a   Andrews, David L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Casimir polder forces; Nanomanipulation; NEMS; Optical binding; Optical manipulation; Optical matter; Quantum electrodynamics

Indexed keywords

LASER OPTICS; NANOPARTICLES; NEMS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; POTENTIAL ENERGY;

CASIMIR-POLDER FORCES; INTERMOLECULAR FORCES; LASER PERTURBATION; NANOMANIPULATION; OPTICAL BINDING; OPTICAL MANIPULATION; OPTICAL MATTER; QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS;

QUANTUM OPTICS;

EID: 43249112466     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.763256     Document Type: Conference Paper

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