Optical vortex beams for trapping and transport of particles in air

Date

2010

Authors

Shvedov, Vladlen
Desyatnikov, Anton S
Rode, Andrei V
Izdebskaya, Yana
Krolikowski, Wieslaw
Kivshar, Yuri

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Springer

Abstract

In this paper we show that laser beams containing phase singularity can be used for trapping and guiding light-absorbing particles in air. The experiments were performed with agglomerates of carbon nanoparticles with the size in the range 0.1-10 ìm; the

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Keywords: Carbon nano particles; CW-laser; Living cell; Longitudinal direction; Optical vortex beam; Particle position; Particle properties; Phase singularities; Relative intensity; Transport of particles; Two beams; Agglomeration

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Applied Physics A: Materials Science and Processing

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