3 papers
physics.optics2025
Non-linear bistability in pulsed optical traps
Alex J. Vernon, Francisco J. RodrÃguez-Fortuño, Anatoly V. Zayats
Optical trapping, also known as optical tweezing or optical levitation, is a technique that uses highly focused laser beams to manipulate micro- and nanoscopic particles. In optica…
physics.optics2024
Electromagnetic symmetry dislocations
Alex J. Vernon, Sebastian Golat, Francisco J. RodrÃguez-Fortuño
Singular optics aims to understand and manipulate light's topological defects, pioneered by the discovery that phase vortex lines, strands of destructive interference, naturally oc…
physics.optics2024
The electromagnetic symmetry sphere: a framework for energy, momentum, spin and other electromagnetic quantities
Sebastian Golat, Alex J. Vernon, Francisco J. RodrÃguez-Fortuño
Electromagnetic quantities such as energy density, momentum, spin, and helicity bring meaning and intuition to electromagnetism and possess intricate interrelations, particularly p…