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Anomalous optical forces on radially anisotropic nanowires

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Full-wave electromagnetic scattering theory and Maxwell stress tensor integration techniques have been established to study the optical force on the radially anisotropic nanowires. The optical forces on the isotropic nanowires are dependent on the size of the nanowire and the wave vector in the media with the Rayleigh’s law. However, the optical forces on the anisotropic nanowires have the anomalous behaviors under non-Rayleigh vanishing condition and non-Rayleigh diverging condition. Therefore, the optical forces on the anisotropic nanowires may be enhanced or reduced by tuning the anisotropic parameters. These results may promote the potential applications in the field of nanotechnology.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 11374223), the National Basic Research Program (No. 2012CB921501), the PhD Programs Foundation of Ministry of Education of China (No. 20123201110010), and the Project Funded by the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions.

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  1. College of Physics, Optoelectronics and Energy of Soochow University, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, China

    H. L. Chen & L. Gao

  2. Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Thin Films, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, China

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Chen, H.L., Gao, L. Anomalous optical forces on radially anisotropic nanowires. Appl. Phys. A 121, 1053–1056 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-015-9135-y

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