Thunder and lightning: a revolution in wave-matter interactions

David G. Grier; Ella King; Mia C. Morrell

doi:10.1117/12.3009931

12 March 2024 Thunder and lightning: a revolution in wave-matter interactions

David G. Grier, Ella King, Mia C. Morrell

Proceedings Volume 12901, Complex Light and Optical Forces XVIII; 1290102 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3009931
Event: SPIE OPTO, 2024, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

A quarter century of progress in holographic optical trapping has yielded fundamental advances in the science of classical wave-matter interactions. These efforts have drawn attention to the connection between wavefront topology and wave-mediated forces, including the interrelated roles of orbital and spin angular momentum, and the interplay between conservative intensity-gradient forces and non-conservative phase-gradient forces. Holographically structured force landscapes can act as knots, micromachines and even tractor beams and have permeated application areas ranging from biomedical research to quantum computing. Lessons learned from holographic optical trapping recently have been applied to acoustic micromanipulation, with remarkable effect. Beyond an overall leap in the force scales that can be achieved with sound, advances in acoustic trapping are casting new light on the nature of wave-matter interactions, including the role of nonreciprocal wave-mediated interactions in creating novel states of organization.

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David G. Grier, Ella King, and Mia C. Morrell "Thunder and lightning: a revolution in wave-matter interactions", Proc. SPIE 12901, Complex Light and Optical Forces XVIII, 1290102 (12 March 2024); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3009931

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