TY - GEN
T1 - Visualization of optical binding
AU - Metzger, N. K.
AU - Sibbett, W.
AU - Wright, E. M.
AU - Dholakia, K.
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2008 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - At the microscopic scale, the light matter interaction may organize colloidal matter due to a process known as optical binding. Optical binding has now been established as an important issue for the assembly of colloidal matter by light. In the paper we investigate one dimensional optically bound matter of microscopic objects. We develop a dual beam optical fiber trap using a femtosecond laser where the peak power permits us to use two-photon excitation within the host medium. In this trap we can visualize the field distribution in an optical bound array. A numerical model is presented which provides a comparison between theory and experiment.
AB - At the microscopic scale, the light matter interaction may organize colloidal matter due to a process known as optical binding. Optical binding has now been established as an important issue for the assembly of colloidal matter by light. In the paper we investigate one dimensional optically bound matter of microscopic objects. We develop a dual beam optical fiber trap using a femtosecond laser where the peak power permits us to use two-photon excitation within the host medium. In this trap we can visualize the field distribution in an optical bound array. A numerical model is presented which provides a comparison between theory and experiment.
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U2 - 10.1117/12.679839
DO - 10.1117/12.679839
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:33751405074
SN - 0819464058
SN - 9780819464057
T3 - Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
BT - Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation III
T2 - Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation III
Y2 - 13 August 2006 through 17 August 2006
ER -