Dynamic size tuning of multidimensional optically bound matter

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T1 - Dynamic size tuning of multidimensional optically bound matter

AU - Brzobohaty, O.

AU - Karasek, V.

AU - Cizmar, T.

AU - Zemanek, P.

PY - 2011/9/8

Y1 - 2011/9/8

N2 - We generate and dynamically control one-, two- and three-dimensional optically bound structures of soft matter in the geometry of counter-propagating incoherent laser beams. We report results for the Bessel, Gaussian, and Laguerre-Gaussian laser modes and particularly focus on the influence of the lateral dimensions of the beam profile on the resulting self-arranged optically bound structures. Employing the transfer of the orbital angular momentum of light in the Laguerre-Gaussian beams, we show that optically bound structures can conserve their spatial arrangements even while orbiting along the beam circumference.

AB - We generate and dynamically control one-, two- and three-dimensional optically bound structures of soft matter in the geometry of counter-propagating incoherent laser beams. We report results for the Bessel, Gaussian, and Laguerre-Gaussian laser modes and particularly focus on the influence of the lateral dimensions of the beam profile on the resulting self-arranged optically bound structures. Employing the transfer of the orbital angular momentum of light in the Laguerre-Gaussian beams, we show that optically bound structures can conserve their spatial arrangements even while orbiting along the beam circumference.

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U2 - 10.1063/1.3634007

DO - 10.1063/1.3634007

M3 - Article

SN - 0003-6951

VL - 99

JO - Applied Physics Letters

JF - Applied Physics Letters

IS - 10

M1 - ARTN 101105

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