Title :
Particle propulsion using higher order microfiber modes
Author :
Aili Maimaiti;Viet Giang Truong;Marios Sergides;Ivan Gusachenko;Síle Nic Chormaic
Author_Institution :
Light-Matter Interactions Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, Onna, Okinawa 904-0495, Japan
Abstract :
Propulsion of polystyrene particles in the evanescent field of the first group of higher order modes in an optical microfiber were studied. Higher speeds were observed for higher order mode propulsion than for fundamental mode.
Keywords :
"Optical fibers","Optical surface waves","Optical fiber dispersion","Biomedical optical imaging","Charge carrier processes","Atom optics"
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim (CLEO-PR), 2015 11th Conference on
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2015.7376321
