Abstract

It is demonstrated that a waveguide consisting of two dielectric slabs may become an all-optical spring when guiding a superposition of two transverse evanescent modes. Both slabs are transversally trapped in stable equilibrium due to the optical forces developed. A condition for stable equilibrium on the wavenumbers of the two modes is expressed analytically. The spring constant characterizing the system is shown to have a maximal value as a function of the equilibrium distance between the slabs and their width.

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History
Original Manuscript: October 23, 2006
Manuscript Accepted: December 22, 2006
Revised Manuscript: December 17, 2006
Published: February 15, 2007

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Amit Mizrahi, Levi Schächter

Technion-IIT

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