0507066 - ÚPT 2020 RIV US eng C - Conference Paper (international conference)
Simpson, Stephen Hugh - Hanna, S.
Optical Binding Between Knotted and Chiral Nanoparticles.
Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation XIII (Proceedings of SPIE 9922). Bellingham: SPIE, 2016, č. článku UNSP 99221U. ISBN 9781510602359. ISSN 0277-786X.
[Conference on Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation /13./. San Diego (US), 28.08.2016-01.09.2016]
Institutional support: RVO:68081731
Keywords : optical binding * counter-propagating plane waves * knotted nanowires * torus knots * computer simulation
OECD category: Optics (including laser optics and quantum optics)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2239916

Optical binding occurs when systems of both dielectric particles are illuminated by intense light fields, and results in the formation of clusters and coupled dynamical behaviour. Optical binding between spheres has been studied extensively, but little has appeared in the literature describing binding in lower symmetry systems. Here we discuss computer simulations of optical binding between hypothetical knotted nanowires. The knots chosen are drawn from the class of knots known as torus knots which may be represented with n-fold chiral rotational symmetry. We examine the binding properties of the knots in circularly polarised counter propagating beams.
Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0298341