3 papers
physics.optics2026
Multipolar optical binding in focus
Ashutosh Shukla, Sneha Boby, G V Pavan Kumar
The optical binding of gold nanoparticles has conventionally been explored within the Rayleigh limit using dipole approximations. But the field is increasingly focusing on the Mie…
physics.optics2025
Rotational Jamming of Plasmonic Optical Matter Driven by Chiral Light
Ashutosh Shukla, Sneha Boby, Rahul Chand +1
Plasmonic Optical matter (OM), composed of optically bound metallic particles, can be rotated by transferring the spin angular momentum (SAM) of chiral light to the assembly. Rotat…
physics.optics2025
Synchronized motion of gold nanoparticles in an optothermal trap
Ashutosh Shukla, Rahul Chand, Sneha Boby +1
Optical tweezers have revolutionized particle manipulation at the micro- and nanoscale, playing a critical role in fields such as plasmonics, biophysics, and nanotechnology. While…