Discriminatory optical force for chiral molecules
We suggest that the force F exerted upon a chiral molecule by light assumes the form $\mathbf {F}=a\boldsymbol {\nabla } w+b\boldsymbol {\nabla } h$ under appropriate circumstances, where a and b pertain to the molecule whilst w and h are the local densities of electric energy and helicity in the op...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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IOP Publishing
2014-01-01
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| Series: | New Journal of Physics |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/16/1/013020 |