Title :
Microparticles manipulation by nonparaxial accelerating beams
Author :
Schley, Ran ; Kaminer, Ido ; Greenfield, Elad ; Bekenstein, Rivka ; Lumer, Yaakov ; Segev, Mordechai
Author_Institution :
Phys. Dept., Technion - Israel Inst. of Technol., Haifa, Israel
Abstract :
We introduce loss-proof shape-invariant nonparaxial accelerating beams that overcome both diffraction and absorption, and demonstrate their use in acceleration of microparticles inside liquids along curved trajectories that are significantly steeper than ever achieved.
Keywords :
laser beams; micro-optics; absorption; curved trajectories; diffraction; liquids; loss-proof shape-invariant nonparaxial accelerating beams; microparticles acceleration; microparticles manipulation; Acceleration; Biomedical optical imaging; Laser beams; Optical beams; Optical losses; Particle beams; Trajectory;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
