Title :
Rotating microparticles and bacteria with optical propelling beams
Author :
Cannan, Drake ; Zhang, Peng ; Fardad, Shima ; Hernandez, Daniel ; Chen, Joseph ; Christodoulides, Demetrios N. ; Chen, Zhigang
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys. & Astron., San Francisco State Univ., San Francisco, CA, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate optical trapping and rotation of microparticles and bacteria with propelling beams. The rotation is achieved in a tweezers-like setting and fully controlled by SLM without the need of mechanical movement or phase-sensitive interference.
Keywords :
bioMEMS; biological effects of laser radiation; biological techniques; microorganisms; optical rotation; radiation pressure; spatial light modulators; bacteria; microparticles; optical propelling beams; optical rotation; optical trapping; spatial light modulator; tweezers-like setting; Biomedical optical imaging; Charge carrier processes; Gratings; Optical beams; Optical interferometry; Optical vortices; Propulsion;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
