• DocumentCode
    3564436
  • Title

    Demonstration of whispering-gallery-mode resonant enhancement of optical forces

  • Author

    Yangcheng Li ; Maslov, Alexey V. ; Limberopoulos, Nicholaos I. ; Astratov, Vasily N.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys. & Opt. Sci., Univ. of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, USA
  • fYear
    2014
  • Firstpage
    57
  • Lastpage
    59
  • Abstract
    We experimentally studied whispering-gallery-modes (WGMs) and demonstrated resonance enhancement of optical forces evanescently exerted on dielectric microspheres. We showed that the resonant light pressure can be used for optical sorting of microparticles with extraordinary uniform resonant properties that is unachievable by conventional sorting techniques.
  • Keywords
    micro-optics; optical resonators; whispering gallery modes; dielectric microspheres; extraordinary uniform resonant properties; microparticles; optical forces; optical sorting; resonant light pressure; whispering-gallery-mode resonant enhancement; Fiber lasers; Optical coupling; Optical fiber sensors; Optical fibers; Optical surface waves; Propulsion; WGMs; microsphere; optical force; optical propulsion; optical tweezers; resonant enhancement; tapered fiber;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Aerospace and Electronics Conference, NAECON 2014 - IEEE National
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4799-4690-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/NAECON.2014.7045777
  • Filename
    7045777