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optical levitation

method developed by Arthur Ashkin whereby a material is levitated against the downward force of gravity by an upward force stemming from photon momentum transfer
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optical levitation

Summary

optical levitation ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • optical levitation's subclass of is recorded as levitation[2].
  • optical levitation's BabelNet ID is recorded as 00187704n[3].
  • optical levitation's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/125n17jy8[4].
  • optical levitation's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2776270109[5].

Why It Matters

optical levitation ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[6]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . BabelNet. wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). optical levitation. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/optical-levitation
MLA “optical levitation.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/optical-levitation.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_optical-levitation_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{optical levitation}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/optical-levitation}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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