• DocumentCode
    2229639
  • Title

    All-optical particle trap using two orthogonally intersecting beams

  • Author

    Schmidt, Holger ; Hawkins, Aaron R.

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Eng., Univ. of CA Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    1-6 May 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We introduce a novel optical particle trap using two orthogonally intersecting beams. The trapping principle is described and an optofluidic implementation using liquid-core waveguides is discussed.
  • Keywords
    optical waveguides; radiation pressure; all-optical particle trap; liquid-core waveguides; optofluidic implementation; orthogonally intersecting beams; Charge carrier processes; Laser beams; Liquid waveguides; Optical beams; Optical scattering; Optical waveguides; Particle beams;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1223-4
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5950210