Experimental demonstration of optical transport, sorting and self arrangement using a "tractor beam"

O. Brzobohatý; V. Karásek; M. Šiler; L. Chvátal; T. Čižmár; P. Zemánek

doi:10.1117/12.2023955

12 September 2013 Experimental demonstration of optical transport, sorting and self arrangement using a "tractor beam"

O. Brzobohatý, V. Karásek, M. Šiler, L. Chvátal, T. Čižmár, P. Zemánek

Proceedings Volume 8810, Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation X; 881003 (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2023955
Event: SPIE NanoScience + Engineering, 2013, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

We demonstrate experimentally the principle of a ”tractor beam” where a microobject is pulled against the photons flow. We show that this geometry and method can be used to delivery several microparticles over a distance of tens of micrometers, to sorting of particles according to their sizes using rotation of beam polarization, and to self-arrangement of microobjects to optically bound microstructures that are pulled againts the beam propagation.

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O. Brzobohatý, V. Karásek, M. Šiler, L. Chvátal, T. Čižmár, and P. Zemánek "Experimental demonstration of optical transport, sorting and self arrangement using a "tractor beam"", Proc. SPIE 8810, Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation X, 881003 (12 September 2013); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2023955

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