We establish synthetic magnetic fields for nanomechanical transport by modulating optomechanical interactions. We show that the controlled breaking of time-reversal symmetry leads to chirality in the system’s eigenmodes, transport and thermodynamics

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doi.org/10.1364/FIO.2020.FW5C.3
Photonic Forces

Slim, J., del Pino, J., Mathew, J., & Verhagen, E. (2020). Magnetic Fields for Phonons Through Nano-Optomechanical Interactions. In Frontiers in Optics / Laser Science, paper FW5C.3. doi:10.1364/FIO.2020.FW5C.3