Optical Transportation of Micro-Particles by Non-Diffracting Weber Beams
Abstract
The optical transportation of solid polystyrene particles by the non-diffracting Weber beams is demonstrated with both forward and backward motion along the parabolic main lobes of Weber beams in three dimensions. The Weber beams are generated from the complex field modulation based on the spatial light modulator for realizing the optical transportation of micrometer polystyrene particles in an optical tweezers setup. The particle motion and velocity distribution along the main lobes of Weber beams in two different parabolic shapes are characterized and compared.
Recommended Citation
W. Liu et al., "Optical Transportation of Micro-Particles by Non-Diffracting Weber Beams," Journal of Optics (United Kingdom), vol. 20, no. 12, Institute of Physics - IOP Publishing, Nov 2018.
The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1088/2040-8986/aaea47
Department(s)
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Keywords and Phrases
Light modulators; Micromanipulators; Modulation; Optical tweezers; Polystyrenes; Complex fields; Forward-and-backward; Nondiffracting beam; Optical micromanipulation; Particle motions; Polystyrene particle; Spatial light modulators; Three dimensions; Optical signal processing; Complex field modulation; Non-diffracting beams; Optical micro-manipulation
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
2040-8978; 2040-8986
Document Type
Article - Journal
Document Version
Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2018 Institute of Physics - IOP Publishing, All rights reserved.
Publication Date
01 Nov 2018
Comments
The authors acknowledge support from the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) (NNX16AL26G) and the Office of Naval Research (N00014-16-1-2408).