Not just energy, but momentum and angular momentum too: Mechanical effects in scattering

Authors

  • T. A. Nieminen The University of Queensland
  • A. B. Stilgoe
  • N. R. Heckenberg
  • H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1478/C1V89S1P010

Keywords:

Light scattering, optical force, optical torque

Abstract

We review the transport and transfer of momentum and angular momentum by electromagnetic waves, and applications of the mechanical effects of scattering.
Mount Aetna from Taormina by Thomas Cole (1843)

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Published

2011-09-15

Issue

Vol 89, SUPPLEMENT NO 1 (2011): ELS XIII Conference

Section

Past Conference Papers

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