Dynamics of microparticles trapped in a perfect vortex beam

Mingzhou Chen; Michael Mazilu; Yoshihiko Arita; Ewan M. Wright; Kishan Dholakia

Dynamics of microparticles trapped in a perfect vortex beam

Mingzhou Chen, Michael Mazilu, Yoshihiko Arita, Ewan M. Wright, Kishan Dholakia

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Abstract

We trap and rotate particles using a perfect vortex beam with integer or fractional topological charges. A linear relationship is observed between the rotation speed and orbital angular momentum content of the beam.

Original language	English (US)
State	Published - 2014
Event	2014 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2014 - San Jose, United States Duration: Jun 8 2014 → Jun 13 2014

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Other	2014 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2014
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Jose
Period	6/8/14 → 6/13/14

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials

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Dynamics of microparticles trapped in a perfect vortex beam

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