Speckle field as a multiple particle trap Conference Paper uri icon

abstract

  • We demonstrate that a speckle pattern in the spatially coherent laser field transmitted by a diffuser forms a multitude of three-dimensional bottle-shaped micro-traps. These multiple traps serve as a means for an effective trapping of large number of air-born absorbing particles. Confinement of up to a few thousand particles in air with a single beam has been achieved. The ability to capture light-absorbing particles suspended in gases by optical means opens up rich and diverse practical opportunities, including development of photonic shielding/fencing for environmental protection in nanotechnology industry and new methods of touch-free air transport of particles and small containers, which may hold dangerous substances, or viruses and living cells. 2010 SPIE.

name of conference

  • Biophotonics: Photonic Solutions for Better Health Care II

published proceedings

  • BIOPHOTONICS: PHOTONIC SOLUTIONS FOR BETTER HEALTH CARE II

author list (cited authors)

  • Shvedov, V. G., Rode, A. V., Izdebskaya, Y. V., Desyatnikov, A. S., Krolikowski, W., & Kivshar, Y. S.

citation count

  • 2

complete list of authors

  • Shvedov, VG||Rode, AV||Izdebskaya, Ya V||Desyatnikov, AS||Krolikowski, W||Kivshar, Yu S

editor list (cited editors)

  • Popp, J., Drexler, W., Tuchin, V. V., & Matthews, D. L.

publication date

  • April 2010