Light pulls: light can pull, instead of push, nano objects in a cavity

Author: TENGFEI LUO

Optical Pulling

Light pulls: Using electromagnetic multipolar theory, we show nano-objects (dielectric, semiconducting or metallic) optically coupled to a low refractive index cavity can be pulled by a plane-wave light to move against the photon stream for a long distance. Read more Sci. Adv.: 

https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/6/21/eaaz3646