The paper briefly presents some essential concepts and features of light fields with strong
spatial inhomogeneity of amplitude, phase, polarization, and other parameters. It contains a …

It is well established that the interaction of light with matter generally imparts mechanical
forces and associated torques. Where laser light is involved, such effects can be deployed …

Spin and orbital angular momenta (AM) of light are well studied for free-space
electromagnetic fields, even nonparaxial. One of the important applications of these …

The bulk-edge correspondence links the Chern topological numbers with the net number of
unidirectional states supported at an interface of the relevant materials. This fundamental …

In this work, we review the main existing theories for the electromagnetic stress–energy
tensor in dielectric media—a problem directly related to the century-long debate regarding …

Electrostriction, the deformation of dielectric materials under the influence of an electric field,
is of continuous interest in optics. The classic experiment by Hakim and Higham [Proc. Phys …

The photon-drag effect, the rectified current in a medium induced by conservation of
momentum of absorbed or redirected light, is a unique probe of the detailed mechanisms …

The relativistic theory of the time-and position-dependent energy and momentum densities
of light in glasses and other low-loss dispersive media, where different wavelengths of light …

We present a detailed derivation of the electromagnetic force density and pressure in linear
dielectric media according to the so-called microscopic Ampère formulation, which …

Within the standard model extension (SME), we expand our previous findings on four
classes of violations of Super-Symmetry (SuSy) and Lorentz Symmetry (LoSy), differing in …