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Mie resonances and bonding in photonic crystals
Isolated dielectric spheres support resonant electromagnetic modes which are
analogous to electronic orbitals and, like their electronic counterparts, can
form bonding or anti-bonding interactions between neighbouring spheres. By
irradiating the system with light at the bonding frequency an attractive
interaction is induced between the spheres. We suggest that by judicious
selection of bonding states we can drive a system towards a desired structure,
rather than rely on the structure dictated by gravitational or Van der Waals
forces, the latter deriving from the zero point energy population of a state.Comment: Minor changes in text, of explanatory nature. 6 pages, Latex, 6
figures, accepted by Europhysics Letter