Quasi-Bessel hollow beam as optical guide for micro-particles

Li Li; Niko Eckerskorn; Richard A. Kirian; Jochen Kuper; Daniel P. DePonte; W. Krolikowski; W. M. Lee; Henry N. Chapman; Andrei V. Rode

doi:10.1117/12.2026654

12 September 2013 Quasi-Bessel hollow beam as optical guide for micro-particles

Li Li, Niko Eckerskorn, Richard A. Kirian, Jochen Kuper, Daniel P. DePonte, W. Krolikowski, W. M. Lee, Henry N. Chapman, Andrei V. Rode

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Proceedings Volume 8810, Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation X; 88100N (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2026654
Event: SPIE NanoScience + Engineering, 2013, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

We have developed a high-aspect ratio optical pipeline aiming to produce a highly collimated stream of micron-size particles in either gaseous or vacuum environments. A hollow, first-order quasi-Bessel beam with variable divergence was generated with a phase-only spatial light modulator (SLM), by superimposing the quadratic phase of a lens and an axicon with a 0.5° base angle. The beam was further re-imaged to form a centimetre-long funnel beam with ~5μm diameter and up to 2000 length-to-diameter aspect ratio. The divergence of the central core of the Bessel beam was controlled by varying the effective lens in the hologram. The SLM-based optical beam was compared to a similar beam composed using a physical axicon. The experimental tests were conducted with 2-μm size polystyrene spherical particles to evaluate the optical force. We present estimated optical forces exerted on the particles in the transverse plane, both depending on the particle size, laser power, and background-gas pressure.

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Li Li, Niko Eckerskorn, Richard A. Kirian, Jochen Kuper, Daniel P. DePonte, W. Krolikowski, W. M. Lee, Henry N. Chapman, and Andrei V. Rode "Quasi-Bessel hollow beam as optical guide for micro-particles", Proc. SPIE 8810, Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation X, 88100N (12 September 2013); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2026654

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