Long-range optical binding in a hollow-core photonic crystal fiber using higher order modes

Dmitry S. Bykov; Richard Zeltner; Tijmen G. Euser; Shangran Xie; Philip St. J. Russell

doi:10.1117/12.2236648

12 October 2016 Long-range optical binding in a hollow-core photonic crystal fiber using higher order modes

Dmitry S. Bykov, Richard Zeltner, Tijmen G. Euser, Shangran Xie, Philip St. J. Russell

Proceedings Volume 9922, Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation XIII; 99221X (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2236648
Event: SPIE Nanoscience + Engineering, 2016, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

We report long-range optical binding of multiple polystyrene nanoparticles (100-600 nm in diameter) at fixed interparticle distances that match multiples of the half-beat-lengths between the lowest order modes of a hollow-core photonic crystal fiber. Analysis suggests that each nanoparticle converts the incoming optical mode into a superposition of co-propagating modes, within the beat pattern of which further particles can become trapped. Strikingly, the entire particle arrangement can be moved over a distance of several cm, without changing the inter-particle spacing, by altering the ratio of backward-to-forward optical power. Potential applications are in multi-dimensional nanoparticle-based quantum optomechanical systems.

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Dmitry S. Bykov, Richard Zeltner, Tijmen G. Euser, Shangran Xie, and Philip St. J. Russell "Long-range optical binding in a hollow-core photonic crystal fiber using higher order modes", Proc. SPIE 9922, Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation XIII, 99221X (12 October 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2236648

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