Optical conveyor belt for delivery of sub-micron objects

Tomáš Čižmár, Veneranda Garcéz-Chávez, Kishan Dholakia, Pavel Zemánek

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Abstract

We demonstrate how the standing wave created from two counter-propagating non-diffracting (Bessel) beams can be used for confinement of sub-micron sized particles. At the same time we proved that changing the phase shift between these two beams can be efficiently used for precise delivery of sub-micron objects in unison. We succeeded in delivery of polystyrene particles of diameter 410 nm over a distance of 300 μm.

Original languageEnglish
Article number618027
JournalProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume6180
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2006
EventPhotonics, Devices and Systems III - Prague, Czech Republic
Duration: 2005 Jun 82005 Jun 11

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Applied Mathematics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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