• DocumentCode
    1770484
  • Title

    Optical tweezers with tunable orbital angular momentum

  • Author

    Gecevicius, Mindaugas ; Drevinskas, Rokas ; Beresna, Martynas ; Kazansky, Peter G.

  • Author_Institution
    Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Univ. of Southampton, Southampton, UK
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    8-13 June 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate a method of optical vortices generation with continuous orbital angular momentum control. The beam generated with an S-waveplate is used as an optical spanner where the rotation speed of trapped particles can be controlled.
  • Keywords
    angular momentum; laser beams; optical control; optical retarders; optical scanners; optical vortices; radiation pressure; S-waveplate; beam generation; continuous orbital angular momentum control; optical spanner; optical tweezers; optical vortices generation; rotation speed; trapped particles; tunable orbital angular momentum; Charge carrier processes; Laser beams; Laser modes; Optical retarders; Optical vortices; Photonics; Polarization;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6988943