Optical levitation in a Bessel light beam
- 1 November 2004
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 85 (18) , 4001-4003
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1814820
Abstract
A vertically oriented zero order Bessel light beam is shown to create a one-dimensional array of trapped particles over extended (millimeter) distances. The particles take up equilibrium positions over the entire length of the beam and this is a consequence of the interplay between optical scattering and the self-healing properties of the Bessel beam. This work has analogies to recent studies of optically bound matter and allows for the simple creation of one-dimensional particle chains and their subsequent spectroscopicanalysis.Keywords
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