Visualization of optical binding

Nikolaus Klaus Metzger, W. Sibbett, Ewan M Wright, Kishan Dholakia

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Abstract

At the microscopic scale, the light matter interaction may organize colloidal matter due to a process known as optical binding. Optical binding has now been established as an important issue for the assembly of colloidal matter by light. In the paper we investigate one dimensional optically bound matter of microscopic objects. We develop a dual beam optical fiber trap using a femtosecond laser where the peak power permits us to use two-photon excitation within the host medium. In this trap we can visualize the field distribution in an optical bound array. A numerical model is presented which provides a comparison between theory and experiment.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationOptical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation III
EditorsKishan Dholakia, Gabriel C Spalding
PublisherSPIE
PagesU679-U686
Number of pages8
ISBN (Print)0-8194-6405-8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2006
EventSPIE Optics + Photonics 2006 - San Diego, United States
Duration: 13 Aug 200617 Aug 2006

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE
PublisherSPIE
Volume6326
ISSN (Print)1996-756X
ISSN (Electronic)0277-786X

Conference

ConferenceSPIE Optics + Photonics 2006
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Diego
Period13/08/0617/08/06

Keywords

  • optical tweezers
  • fiber optical trap
  • optically bound matter
  • beam propagation
  • diffraction
  • 2-PHOTON FLUORESCENCE
  • MANIPULATION
  • PARTICLES
  • TWEEZERS
  • TRAP

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