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Optical dipole forces

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Strength lies in numbers and in teamwork: tens of thousands of artificial atoms tightly packed in a nanodiamond act cooperatively, enhancing the optical trapping forces beyond the expected classical bulk polarizability contribution.

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Figure 1: Quantum effects can alter the dipole forces in the bulk if the embedded nanoemitters are close enough to act cooperatively.

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