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physics.optics1999★ 117 cited
Theory of Optical Tweezers
P. A. Maia Neto, H. M. Nussenzveig
We derive a partial-wave (Mie) expansion of the axial force exerted on a transparent sphere by a laser beam focused through a high numerical aperture objective. The results hold th…
quant-ph1999★ 10 cited
Quantum photon emission from a moving mirror in the nonperturbative regime
J. P. F. Mendonca, P. A. Maia Neto, F. I. Takakura
We consider the coupling of the electromagnetic vacuum field with an oscillating perfectly-reflecting mirror in the nonrelativistic approximation. As a consequence of the frequency…