Title :
Trapping and guiding microparticles with self-accelerating vortex beams
Author :
Juanying Zhao ; Peng Zhang ; Jingjiao Liu ; Chremmos, Ioannis D. ; Dongmei Deng ; Yuanmei Gao ; Efremidis, Nikolaos K. ; Christodoulides, Demetrios N. ; Zhigang Chen
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys. & Astron., San Francisco State Univ., San Francisco, CA, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate theoretically and experimentally that optical vortices can be navigated along arbitrary trajectories with a preserving donut-shaped main lobe. The possibility of using such self-accelerating vortex-Bessel-like optical beams for particle manipulation is also illustrated.
Keywords :
laser beam effects; optical vortices; radiation pressure; donut-shaped main lobe; microparticle guiding; microparticle trapping; optical vortices; particle manipulation; self-accelerating vortex-Bessel-like optical beams; Educational institutions; Optical beams; Optical diffraction; Optical vortices; Optimized production technology; Particle beams; Trajectory;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
