Transfer of orbital angular momentum to an optically trapped low-index particle

Veneranda Garces-Chavez; K  Volke-Sepulveda; S  Chavez-Cerda; Wilson Sibbett; Kishan Dholakia

doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.66.063402

Transfer of orbital angular momentum to an optically trapped low-index particle

Veneranda Garces-Chavez, K Volke-Sepulveda, S Chavez-Cerda, Wilson Sibbett, Kishan Dholakia

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We demonstrate the transfer of orbital angular momentum from a light beam to a trapped low-index particle.. The particle is trapped in a dark annular region of a high-order Bessel beam and rotates around the beam axis due to scattering from the helical wave fronts of the light beam. A general theoretical geometrical optics model. is developed that, applied to our specific situation, corroborates tweezing and transfer of orbital angular momentum to the low-index particle. Good quantitative agreement between theory and experiment for particle rotation rates is observed.

Original language	English
Article number	063402
Number of pages	8
Journal	Physical Review. A, Atomic, molecular, and optical physics
Volume	66
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.66.063402
Publication status	Published - Dec 2002

Keywords

HORIZONTAL LASER-BEAMS
DIELECTRIC SPHERE
FORCE
LIGHT
LEVITATION
VORTEX
MICROPARTICLES
SPANNER
SPIN

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Transfer of orbital angular momentum to an optically trapped low-index particle

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