• 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