Title :
Evaluation of forces levitating a particle in optical vortex beam
Author :
Eckerskorn, Niko ; Shvedov, Vladlen G. ; Krolikowski, Wieslaw ; Rode, Andrei V.
Author_Institution :
Laser Phys. Center, Australian Nat. Univ., Canberra, ACT, Australia
Abstract :
We study, both theoretically and in experiments, the dependence of optical forces acting on a spherical particle guided in air with an optical vortex beam, on the light polarization state, and discuss potential applications.
Keywords :
laser beams; optical vortices; particle traps; photophoresis; radiation pressure; levitating force; light polarization state; optical forces; optical vortex beam; spherical particle; Force; Laser beams; Measurement by laser beam; Optical vortices; Particle beams; Pipelines;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe (CLEO EUROPE/EQEC), 2011 Conference on and 12th European Quantum Electronics Conference
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0533-5
Electronic_ISBN :
Pending
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE.2011.5943239
