Title :
Adiabatic submicrometric tapers for optical tweezers
Author :
Brambilla, G. ; Xu, F.
Author_Institution :
Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Univ. of Southampton
Abstract :
Adiabatic tips have been manufactured from optical fibres and used as efficient optical tweezers. Trapping powers in the order of 10 mW have been used for 1 mum particles in water
Keywords :
nanoparticles; optical fibres; radiation pressure; water; 1 micron; 10 mW; adiabatic submicrometric tapers; microparticles; optical fibres; optical tweezers; water;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20073709
