Isolated detection of elastic waves driven by the momentum of light

Tomaž Požar; Jernej Laloš; Aleš Babnik; Rok Petkovšek; Max Bethune-Waddell; Kenneth J. Chau; Gustavo V. B. Lukasievicz; Nelson G. C. Astrath

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-05706-3

Nature Communications (Aug 2018)

Isolated detection of elastic waves driven by the momentum of light

Tomaž Požar,
Jernej Laloš,
Aleš Babnik,
Rok Petkovšek,
Max Bethune-Waddell,
Kenneth J. Chau,
Gustavo V. B. Lukasievicz,
Nelson G. C. Astrath

Affiliations

Tomaž Požar: Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Ljubljana
Jernej Laloš: Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Ljubljana
Aleš Babnik: Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Ljubljana
Rok Petkovšek: Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Ljubljana
Max Bethune-Waddell: School of Engineering, The University of British Columbia
Kenneth J. Chau: School of Engineering, The University of British Columbia
Gustavo V. B. Lukasievicz: Department of Physics, Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná
Nelson G. C. Astrath: Department of Physics, Universidade Estadual de Maringá

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05706-3
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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The exact mechanism of momentum conversion from light to an object has varied descriptions in the literature and experimental verifications are difficult. Here the authors do an in-depth experimental and numerical study of the momentum dynamics of elastic waves in a dielectric mirror hit by a pulsed laser beam.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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