Orbital angular momentum (OAM) of light is an important feature of structured
electromagnetic fields exhibiting non-uniform spatial distribution. In contrast to a spin …

Electromagnetic forces and torques enable many key technologies, including optical
tweezers or dielectrophoresis. Interestingly, both techniques rely on the same physical …

Optical tweezers employing forces produced by light underpin important manipulation tools
employed in numerous areas of applied and biological physics. Conventional optical …

We study the Mie-like scattering from an open subwavelength resonator made of a high-
index dielectric material, when its parameters are tuned to the regime of interfering …

In the past decade, optical orbital angular momentum (OAM) has entered the field of
plasmonics in the form of surface-confined vortices, generating vast interest. Here we give …

All-dielectric nanophotonics opens a venue for a variety of novel phenomena and scattering
regimes driven by unique optical effects in semiconductor and dielectric nanoresonators …

Carefully designed nanostructures can inspire a new type of optomechanical interactions
and allow surpassing limitations set by classical diffractive optical elements. Apart from …

Optical binding is a laser-induced inter-particle force that exists between two or more
particles subjected to off-resonant light. It is one of the key tools in optical manipulation of …

Optically induced mechanical torque driving rotation of small objects requires the presence
of absorption or breaking cylindrical symmetry of a scatterer. A spherical nonabsorbing …

Focused laser beams allow controlling the mechanical motion of objects and can serve as a
tool for assembling micro and nanostructures in space. While small particles mainly …