Tractor beam in micro-scale

O. Brzobohatý; V. Karásek; M. Šiler; L. Chvátal; T. Cizmar; P. Zemánek

doi:10.1117/12.2176010

Tractor beam in micro-scale

O. Brzobohatý (Lead / Corresponding author), V. Karásek, M. Šiler, L. Chvátal, T. Cizmar, P. Zemánek

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Abstract

Following the Keplerian idea of radiative forces one would intuitively expect that an object illuminated by sunlight radiation or a laser beam is accelerated along the direction of the photon flow. Such radiation pressure forms the basis for the concept of solar sail, or laser acceleration of micro-particles. In contrast, a hypothetical optical field known from the realm of science-fiction as the "tractor" beam attracts the matter from large distances against the beam propagation. We present a geometry of such"tractor" beam in micro-scale and experimentally demonstrate how it acts upon spherical micro-particles of various sizes or optically self-arranged structures of micro-particles.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	19th Polish-Slovak-Czech Optical Conference on Wave and Quantum Aspects of Contemporary Optics
Editors	Agnieszka Popiolek-Masajada, Waclaw Urbanczyk
Place of Publication	Bellingham
Publisher	SPIE-International Society for Optical Engineering
ISBN (Print)	9781628415568
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2176010
Publication status	Published - 2014
Event	19th Polish-Slovak-Czech Optical Conference on Wave and Quantum Aspects of Contemporary Optics - Wojanow Palace, Jelenia Gora, Poland Duration: 8 Sept 2014 → 12 Sept 2014 http://www.psc2014.pwr.wroc.pl/index.php

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of SPIE
Publisher	SPIE
Volume	9441

Conference

Conference	19th Polish-Slovak-Czech Optical Conference on Wave and Quantum Aspects of Contemporary Optics
Country/Territory	Poland
City	Jelenia Gora
Period	8/09/14 → 12/09/14
Internet address	http://www.psc2014.pwr.wroc.pl/index.php

Keywords

optical sorting
Optical trapping
particle delivery
tractor beam

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Applied Mathematics
Computer Science Applications
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics

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Brzobohatý, O., Karásek, V., Šiler, M., Chvátal, L., Cizmar, T., & Zemánek, P. (2014). Tractor beam in micro-scale. In A. Popiolek-Masajada, & W. Urbanczyk (Eds.), 19th Polish-Slovak-Czech Optical Conference on Wave and Quantum Aspects of Contemporary Optics Article 944104 (Proceedings of SPIE; Vol. 9441). SPIE-International Society for Optical Engineering. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2176010

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Brzobohatý, O, Karásek, V, Šiler, M, Chvátal, L, Cizmar, T & Zemánek, P 2014, Tractor beam in micro-scale. in A Popiolek-Masajada & W Urbanczyk (eds), 19th Polish-Slovak-Czech Optical Conference on Wave and Quantum Aspects of Contemporary Optics., 944104 , Proceedings of SPIE, vol. 9441, SPIE-International Society for Optical Engineering, Bellingham, 19th Polish-Slovak-Czech Optical Conference on Wave and Quantum Aspects of Contemporary Optics, Jelenia Gora, Poland, 8/09/14. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2176010

Tractor beam in micro-scale. / Brzobohatý, O. (Lead / Corresponding author); Karásek, V.; Šiler, M. et al.
19th Polish-Slovak-Czech Optical Conference on Wave and Quantum Aspects of Contemporary Optics. ed. / Agnieszka Popiolek-Masajada; Waclaw Urbanczyk. Bellingham: SPIE-International Society for Optical Engineering, 2014. 944104 (Proceedings of SPIE; Vol. 9441).

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