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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Nov 30.
Published in final edited form as: Nanophotonics. 2017 Mar 16;6(4):647–661. doi: 10.1515/nanoph-2016-0156

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Optical forces on dielectric particle generated by a Gaussian beam.

For typical conditions (the particle index is larger than that of surrounding medium), the beam generates a scattering force FS along the light propagation direction and a gradient force FG pulling the particle toward the high-intensity regions.