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Single beam optical vortex tweezers with tunable orbital angular momentum

Single beam optical vortex tweezers with tunable orbital angular momentum
Single beam optical vortex tweezers with tunable orbital angular momentum
We propose a single beam method for generating optical vortices with tunable optical angular momentum without altering the intensity distribution. With the initial polarization state varying from linear to circular, we gradually control the torque transferred to the trapped non-absorbing and non-birefringent silica beads. The continuous transition from the maximum rotation speed to zero without changing the trapping potential gives a way to study the complex tribological interactions.
0003-6951
231110/1-231110/4
Gecevičius, Mindaugas
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Drevinskas, Rokas
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Beresna, Martynas
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Kazansky, Peter G.
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Gecevičius, Mindaugas
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Drevinskas, Rokas
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Beresna, Martynas
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Kazansky, Peter G.
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Gecevičius, Mindaugas, Drevinskas, Rokas, Beresna, Martynas and Kazansky, Peter G. (2014) Single beam optical vortex tweezers with tunable orbital angular momentum. Applied Physics Letters, 104 (23), 231110/1-231110/4, [231110]. (doi:10.1063/1.4882418).

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Abstract

We propose a single beam method for generating optical vortices with tunable optical angular momentum without altering the intensity distribution. With the initial polarization state varying from linear to circular, we gradually control the torque transferred to the trapped non-absorbing and non-birefringent silica beads. The continuous transition from the maximum rotation speed to zero without changing the trapping potential gives a way to study the complex tribological interactions.

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Accepted/In Press date: 19 May 2014
e-pub ahead of print date: 10 June 2014
Published date: 10 June 2014
Organisations: Optoelectronics Research Centre

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Local EPrints ID: 367083
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/367083
ISSN: 0003-6951
PURE UUID: 24e5102a-060e-42a8-95dc-a4fb9a3ae39e

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Date deposited: 19 Aug 2014 12:07
Last modified: 14 Mar 2024 17:23

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Author: Mindaugas Gecevičius
Author: Rokas Drevinskas

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