• DocumentCode
    520233
  • Title

    Optothermal manipulation of colloidal microparticles

  • Author

    Liu, Yangyang ; Poon, Andrew W.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron. & Comput. Eng., Hong Kong Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Hong Kong, China
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    16-21 May 2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrated trapping of 6-μm polystyrene microparticles over a 253-μm range using a trapping power of ~ 7 mW at 1550 nm. The observed particle levitation and segregation offer a longe-range energy-efficient manipulation mechanism.
  • Keywords
    radiation pressure; colloidal microparticles optothermal manipulation; particle levitation; particle segregation; polystyrene microparticles trapping; power 7 mW; wavelength 1550 nm; wavelength 253 mum; wavelength 6 mum; Charge carrier processes; Electron traps; Image motion analysis; Laboratories; Laser beams; Levitation; Optical scattering; Particle beams; Photonics; Power lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-890-2
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-890-2
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5499802