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Experimental demonstration of optical transport, sorting and self-arrangement using a /`tractor beam/'
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In this article, it was shown that the orientation of the beam's linear polarization strongly influences the behavior of the object being pulled, in particular the direction of its delivery, in a tractor beam.Abstract:
The concept of an optical pulling force, or ‘tractor beam’, has received increasing interest following recent theoretical proposals. Scientists have now experimentally verified this concept and demonstrated that the orientation of the beam's linear polarization strongly influences the behaviour of the object being pulled, in particular the direction of its delivery.read more
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Optical manipulation from the microscale to the nanoscale: fundamentals, advances and prospects.
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Optical trapping with structured light: a review
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A long-range polarization-controlled optical tractor beam
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