Title :
Trapping cavitation bubbles with a self-focused laser beam
Author :
Ye, Jing Yong ; Tse, Christine ; Chang, Guoqing ; Zohdy, Mama J. ; Hollman, Kyle W. ; O´Donnell, Matthew ; Baker, James R., Jr. ; Norris, Theodore B.
Author_Institution :
Center for Ultrafast Opt. Sci., Michigan Univ., Ann Arbor, MI
Abstract :
We demonstrate that laser-induced cavitation bubbles can be trapped in a self-focused laser beam. This counterintuitive phenomenon is in contrast to conventional optical tweezers effect
Keywords :
bubbles; cavitation; high-speed optical techniques; laser beams; optical self-focusing; radiation pressure; cavitation bubbles; femtosecond laser pulses; laser-induced cavitation bubbles; optical trapping; self-focused laser beam;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
