Open AccessParticle levitation and guidance in hollow-core photonic crystal fiber
Author(s) -
Fetah Benabid,
Jonathan C. Knight,
P. St. J. Russell
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.10.001195
Subject(s) - materials science , photonic crystal fiber , levitation , optics , core (optical fiber) , fiber , photonic crystal , fiber laser , laser , optical fiber , microstructured optical fiber , optoelectronics , wavelength , graded index fiber , fiber optic sensor , composite material , physics , quantum mechanics , magnet
We report the guidance of dry micron-sized dielectric particles in hollow core photonic crystal fiber. The particles were levitated in air and then coupled to the air-core of the fiber using an Argon ion laser beam operating at a wavelength of 514 nm. The diameter of the hollow core of the fiber is 20 m . A laser power of 80 mW was sufficient to levitate a 5 m diameter polystyrene sphere and guide it through a ~150 mm long hollow-core crystal photonic fiber. The speed of the guided particle was measured to be around 1 cm/s.