Creation and Manipulation of Three-Dimensional Optically Trapped Structures

Michael Peter Macdonald; L Paterson; K Volke-Sepulveda; J Arlt; Wilson Sibbett; Kishan Dholakia

doi:10.1126/science.1069571

Creation and Manipulation of Three-Dimensional Optically Trapped Structures

Michael Peter Macdonald, L Paterson, K Volke-Sepulveda, J Arlt, Wilson Sibbett, Kishan Dholakia

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Abstract

An interferometric pattern between two annular laser beams is used to construct three-dimensional (3D) trapped structures within an optical tweezers setup. In addition to being fully translatable in three dimensions, the trapped structure can be rotated controllably and continuously by introducing a frequency difference between the two laser beams. These interference patterns could play an important rote in the creation of extended 3D crystalline structures.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1101-1103
Number of pages	3
Journal	Science
Volume	296
Issue number	5570
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1069571
Publication status	Published - 10 May 2002

Keywords

ORBITAL ANGULAR-MOMENTUM
MICROSCOPIC PARTICLES
LASER-BEAMS
SINGLE
LIGHT
PROPAGATION
ALIGNMENT
ENERGY
FIELDS
WAVE

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