Open AccessOptical trapping of air-borne light-absorbing particles with various laser beams
Author(s) -
Alexey P. Porfirev
Publication year - 2015
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Conference proceedings
DOI - 10.18287/1613-0073-2015-1490-9-16
Subject(s) - optical tweezers , optics , trapping , laser beams , laser , beam (structure) , materials science , superposition principle , gaussian beam , optoelectronics , physics , ecology , biology , quantum mechanics
We demonstrate optical trapping carbon nanoparticle agglomerations in the air employing photophoretic forces. Three types of laser beams were used for optical trapping: a focused Hermite-Gaussian laser beam (TEM10), an optical bottle beam and a hollow optical beam generated by Bessel beams superposition. The experimental results for each of the laser beams types are shown. Description of trapping features in each case is shown. Perspectives of application for each type of laser beams for three-dimensional optical manipulation are discussed.