Left-handed optical radiation torque

Linear momentum increase and negative optical forces at dielectric interface

(2013) Veerachart Kajorndejnukul et al.   Nature Photonics

Experimental demonstration of optical transport, sorting and self-arrangement using a ‘tractor beam’

(2013) O. Brzobohatý et al.   Nature Photonics

Dynamical and phase-diagram study on stable optical pulling force in Bessel beams

(2013) Neng Wang et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW A

Optically induced 'negative forces'

(2012) Aristide Dogariu et al.   Nature Photonics

Negative radiation pressure and negative effective refractive index via dielectric birefringence

(2012) Jonathan Nemirovsky et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Material-Independent and Size-Independent Tractor Beams for Dipole Objects

(2012) Andrey Novitsky et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Radially polarized optical vortex converter created by femtosecond laser nanostructuring of glass

(2011) Martynas Beresna et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Optical pulling force

(2011) Jun Chen et al.   Nature Photonics

Tweezers with a twist

(2011) Miles Padgett et al.   Nature Photonics

Reverse optical forces in negative index dielectric waveguide arrays

(2011) Alessandro Salandrino et al.   OPTICS LETTERS

Single Gradientless Light Beam Drags Particles as Tractor Beams

(2011) Andrey Novitsky et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Negative Nonconservative Forces: Optical “Tractor Beams” for Arbitrary Objects

(2011) S. Sukhov et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Optical solenoid beams

(2010) Sang-Hyuk Lee et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

On the concept of “tractor beams”

(2010) S. Sukhov et al.   OPTICS LETTERS

Negative axial radiation force on a fluid and elastic spheres illuminated by a high-order Bessel beam of progressive waves

(2009) F G Mitri   Journal of Physics A-Mathematical and Theoretical

Optical angular momentum transfer to microrotors fabricated by two-photon photopolymerization

(2009) Theodor Asavei et al.   NEW JOURNAL OF PHYSICS