Observation of a push force on the end face of a nanometer silica filament exerted by outgoing light

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 101, Issue 24, 2008, Pages

  She, Weilong ^a   Yu, Jianhui ^a   Feng, Raohui ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FILAMENTS (LAMP); OPTICAL PROPERTIES; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

DIRECT OBSERVATIONS; FREE ENDS; NANOMETER SILICAS; SPEED OF LIGHTS;

SILICA;

EID: 57649193188     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.243601     Document Type: Article

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