Optical manipulation of particle ensembles in air

Shvedov, Vladlen G; Hnatovsky, Cyril; Shostka, Natalia; Rode, Andrei V; Krolikowski, Wieslaw

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Optical manipulation of particle ensembles in air

Date

2012-06-01

Authors

Shvedov, Vladlen G

Hnatovsky, Cyril

Shostka, Natalia

Rode, Andrei V

Krolikowski, Wieslaw

Publisher

Optical Society of America

Abstract

We demonstrate that airborne light-absorbing particles can be photophoretically trapped and moved inside an optical lattice formed by multiple-beam interference. This technique allows simultaneous three-dimensional manipulation of multiple micro-objects in gases.