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Friday, June 19, 2009

Visible anisotropic deformation of chalcogenide glass by optical force

Keiji Tanaka, Nobuaki Terakado, Akira Saitoh

Semi-free As2S3 glass flakes undergo sub-mm scale anisotropic deformation upon illumination of linearly-polarized cw bandgap light. The mechanism has been ascribed to photo-induced birefringence, optical torque, and photo-induced fluidity. Quantitative measurements demonstrate that generated optical torque is 10-20 Nm under a light intensity of 1 mW. This value combined with measured deformation rates for As2S3 cantilevers suggests a related photo-induced fluidity of 10-1 P-1, which is much more fluidal (ten orders) than that reported in the conventional photo-induced fluidity. Reasons for this discrepancy are discussed.

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