Fig. 14: Optical sorting by the optical lateral force.

a OLFs on an achiral particle in an evanescent wave that carries pure transverse spins. Reproduced with permission³⁴⁷. Copyright 2023, Wiley-VCH GmbH. b OLF on a nanowire under the illumination of a linearly polarized beam. Reproduced with permission³⁵¹. Copyright 2023, Springer Nature. c Sorting of chiral particles in the interference field configured by two linearly polarized plane waves. Reproduced with permission³⁵³. Copyright 2016, American Physical Society. d All-optical sorting of chiral particles in a standing wave by two linearly/circularly polarized light beams. Reproduced with permission³⁵⁴. Copyright 2017, American Chemical Society. e Experimental demonstration of sorting of chiral microparticles by the linear momentum transfer. Reproduced with permission⁷². Copyright 2020, Springer Nature. f Employing the Optical Stern-Gerlach Newton experiment for sorting different-handed chiral particles with a diameter of 30 µm. Reproduced with permission³⁶¹. Copyright 2019, American Physical Society