Aurispector writes in with news that the Yale team that lately discovered an appealing force between two light beams in waveguides has now found a corresponding repulsive force. "'This completes the picture,' Tang said. 'We've shown that this is indeed a bipolar light force with both an bewitching and repulsive component.' The tempting and repulsive light forces Tang's team discovered are part company




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abstract from the force created by light's radiation pressure, which pushes against an object as light shines on it. Instead, they push out or pull in athwart from the leadership the light travels. Previously, the engineers used the sexy force they discovered to move components on the silicon chip in one direction, such as pulling on a nanoscale switch to open it, but were unable to push it in the antipodes direction. Using both forces means they can now have full control and can work




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ply components in both directions. 'We've demonstrated that these are tunable forces we can engineer,' Tang said."

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