Title :
Chemically etched optical fiber used for optical trapping
Author :
Shih-Kun Liu ; Chia-Ching Tsai ; Fang-Min Hsu
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Photonics & Commun., Nat. Kaohsiung Univ. of Appl. Sci., Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Abstract :
An optical trapping system with a tapered optical fiber is successfully integrated. An inexpensive chemically etching technique is employed to make the tapered fiber. In this work, the fiber tips with large tapered angles are fabricated and used for trapping microscopic particles. The experimental results show that the system using the fiber with larger tapered angle achieves higher trapping efficiency.
Keywords :
etching; integrated optics; optical fibre fabrication; radiation pressure; chemically etched optical fiber; optical trapping; tapered optical fiber; trapping efficiency; Biomedical optical imaging; Charge carrier processes; Optical fibers; Optical imaging; Optical reflection; Optical refraction; optical trapping system; tapered optical fiber;
Conference_Titel :
Next-Generation Electronics (ISNE), 2014 International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Kwei-Shan
DOI :
10.1109/ISNE.2014.6839373