• DocumentCode
    1664826
  • Title

    Rotating microparticles and bacteria with optical propelling beams

  • Author

    Cannan, Drake ; Zhang, Peng ; Fardad, Shima ; Hernandez, Daniel ; Chen, Joseph ; Christodoulides, Demetrios N. ; Chen, Zhigang

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys. & Astron., San Francisco State Univ., San Francisco, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate optical trapping and rotation of microparticles and bacteria with propelling beams. The rotation is achieved in a tweezers-like setting and fully controlled by SLM without the need of mechanical movement or phase-sensitive interference.
  • Keywords
    bioMEMS; biological effects of laser radiation; biological techniques; microorganisms; optical rotation; radiation pressure; spatial light modulators; bacteria; microparticles; optical propelling beams; optical rotation; optical trapping; spatial light modulator; tweezers-like setting; Biomedical optical imaging; Charge carrier processes; Gratings; Optical beams; Optical interferometry; Optical vortices; Propulsion;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1839-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6326075
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1664826