Optical Binding and Trapping

MIT Center for Electromagnetic Theory and Applications

Fundamentals

Optical forces | Force fields | Lorentz force distribution in media | Modeling
Introduction

This section provides an overview of the basic concepts behind our work. Use the links above to navigate through the four topics.

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