Visualization of optical binding

N. K. Metzger; W. Sibbett; E. M. Wright; Kishan Dholakia

doi:10.1117/12.679839

11 September 2006 Visualization of optical binding

N. K. Metzger, W. Sibbett, E. M. Wright, Kishan Dholakia

Proceedings Volume 6326, Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation III; 63262P (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.679839
Event: SPIE Optics + Photonics, 2006, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

At the microscopic scale, the light matter interaction may organize colloidal matter due to a process known as optical binding. Optical binding has now been established as an important issue for the assembly of colloidal matter by light. In the paper we investigate one dimensional optically bound matter of microscopic objects. We develop a dual beam optical fiber trap using a femtosecond laser where the peak power permits us to use two-photon excitation within the host medium. In this trap we can visualize the field distribution in an optical bound array. A numerical model is presented which provides a comparison between theory and experiment.

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N. K. Metzger, W. Sibbett, E. M. Wright, and Kishan Dholakia "Visualization of optical binding", Proc. SPIE 6326, Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation III, 63262P (11 September 2006); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.679839

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