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SYTL: Symposium Interactions between Twisted Light and Particles

SYTL 1: Symposium on interactions between twisted light and particles I (SYTL)

SYTL 1.4: Talk

Friday, March 27, 2015, 12:20–12:40, C/gHS

Chiral optical force — •Robert P. Cameron and Stephen M. Barnett — School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ

Light carrying helicity in unusual ways can be employed to accelerate the opposite enantiomers of a chiral molecule in opposite directions; a remarkable phenomenon that may find use in a wealth of new applications.