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    • Optics
    • Nanotechnology
    • Condensed Matter Physics

    Background:

    • Optical forces are crucial for manipulating micro- and nanoparticles.
    • Particle-light interactions in guided structures are fundamental to optical trapping and manipulation.
    • Understanding backaction effects is key to optimizing these interactions.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To investigate the influence of backaction on optical forces exerted on Rayleigh particles in guided structures.
    • To explore how group velocity affects the backaction and resulting optical forces.
    • To demonstrate the utility of backaction for enhancing nanoparticle trapping and enabling sorting.

    Main Methods:

    • Theoretical analysis of optical forces in single-mode optical waveguides.
    • Investigation of both propagating and evanescent wave regimes.
    • Examination of the relationship between group velocity and backaction strength.

    Main Results:

    • Backaction strength increases with decreasing group velocity due to longer interaction times.
    • The sign of group velocity influences the pushing and pulling nature of optical forces.
    • Backaction enhances the potential depth to trapping intensity ratio for non-destructive nanoparticle trapping.
    • Resonances in optical forces are induced in the evanescent regime by backaction.

    Conclusions:

    • Backaction is a significant factor in optical forces within guided structures.
    • Backaction offers a method for improving non-destructive trapping of small nanoparticles.
    • Induced resonances provide a mechanism for sorting nanoparticles using optical forces.