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Radiation induced force between two planar waveguides

Authors :: Iacopo Carusotto
Mauro Antezza
Alessio Recati
Francesco Riboli
European Laboratory for Non-Linear Spectroscopy (LENS)
Università degli Studi di Firenze = University of Florence [Firenze] (UNIFI)
Dipartimento di Fisica [Povo]
Università degli Studi di Trento (UNITN)
Source :: The European Physical Journal D : Atomic, molecular, optical and plasma physics, The European Physical Journal D : Atomic, molecular, optical and plasma physics, EDP Sciences, 2008, 46 (1), pp.157-164. ⟨10.1140/epjd/e2007-00308-1⟩, 46 (2008): 157–164., info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Riboli, F; Recati, A; Antezza, M; Carusotto, I/titolo:Radiation induced force between two planar waveguides/doi:/rivista:/anno:2008/pagina_da:157/pagina_a:164/intervallo_pagine:157–164/volume:46
Publication Year :: 2007
Publisher :: Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2007.
Abstract: We study the electromagnetic force exerted on a pair of parallel slab waveguides by the light propagating through them. We have calculated the dependence of the force on the slab separation by means of the Maxwell--Stress tensor formalism and we have discussed its main features for the different propagation modes: spatially symmetric (antisymmetric) modes give rise to an attractive (repulsive) interaction. We have derived the asymptotic behaviors of the force at small and large separation and we have quantitatively estimated the mechanical deflection induced on a realistic air-bridge structure.<br />Comment: 10 pages, 6 figures