Optical vortices: Optical manipulation to crystal dislocations

Michael P. MacDonald; Kishan Dholakia

doi:10.1016/j.physc.2007.11.074

Optical vortices: Optical manipulation to crystal dislocations

Michael P. MacDonald, Kishan Dholakia

Department of Physics

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Abstract

Optical vortices are an interesting phenomenon, showing analogous behaviour to other vortices and screw dislocations found in physics and having many applications. We review here some of our work on optical vortices; covering their production, their use in manipulating low-refractive index micro-particles, the effects seen because of the orbital angular momentum contained within such beams and interfering optical vortices with associated applications.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	508-513
Number of pages	6
Journal	Physica C: Superconductivity and its applications
Volume	468
Issue number	7-10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physc.2007.11.074
Publication status	Published - 2008 Apr 1

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The authors thank the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) for financial support. M. MacDonald acknowledges the support of an EPSRC Advanced Research Fellowship.

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Energy Engineering and Power Technology
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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