Optically trapped and driven paddle-wheel

We demonstrate the control and rotation of an optically trapped object, an optical paddle-wheel, with the rotation direction normal to the beam axis. This is in contrast to the usual situation where the rotation is about the beam axis. The paddle-wheel can be optically driven and moved to any positi...

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Main Authors: Theodor Asavei, Timo A Nieminen, Vincent L Y Loke, Alexander B Stilgoe, Richard Bowman, Daryl Preece, Miles J Padgett, Norman R Heckenberg, Halina Rubinsztein-Dunlop
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2013-01-01
Series:New Journal of Physics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/15/6/063016