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Optical Trap Loading of Dielectric Microparticles In Air
Published on: February 5, 2017
Optical manipulation of particle ensembles in air
Vladlen G Shvedov1, Cyril Hnatovsky, Natalia Shostka
1Laser Physics Centre, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200, Australia.
Optics Letters
|June 5, 2012
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.
