• DocumentCode
    3726208
  • Title

    Particle propulsion using higher order microfiber modes

  • Author

    Aili Maimaiti;Viet Giang Truong;Marios Sergides;Ivan Gusachenko;Síle Nic Chormaic

  • Author_Institution
    Light-Matter Interactions Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, Onna, Okinawa 904-0495, Japan
  • Volume
    4
  • fYear
    2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Propulsion of polystyrene particles in the evanescent field of the first group of higher order modes in an optical microfiber were studied. Higher speeds were observed for higher order mode propulsion than for fundamental mode.
  • Keywords
    "Optical fibers","Optical surface waves","Optical fiber dispersion","Biomedical optical imaging","Charge carrier processes","Atom optics"
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim (CLEO-PR), 2015 11th Conference on
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEOPR.2015.7376321
  • Filename
    7376321