DocumentCode
2073111
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
fYear
2011
fDate
22-26 May 2011
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
1
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe (CLEO EUROPE/EQEC), 2011 Conference on and 12th European Quantum Electronics Conference
Conference_Location
Munich
ISSN
Pending
Print_ISBN
978-1-4577-0533-5
Electronic_ISBN
Pending
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CLEOE.2011.5943239
Filename
5943239
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