Precise switching control of liquid crystalline microgears driven by circularly polarized light

doi:10.1364/OE.20.004254

Precise switching control of liquid crystalline microgears driven by circularly polarized light

Kiminori Ito, Hiroshi Frusawa, and Masahiro Kimura »View Author Affiliations

Optics Express, Vol. 20, Issue 4, pp. 4254-4259 (2012)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.20.004254

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Liquid crystalline molecules carrying photopolymerizable end groups absorb photon energy via a two-photon process, enabling the photofabrication of 3D structures. In this work, we prepared microgears with different heights and tooth lengths. These birefringent microgears can be induced to rotate by circularly polarized light. Here, we demonstrate that the use of phase plate for switching between left- and right-handed polarization reverses the optically induced rotation while maintaining the same rotational frequency. Due to the precise switching control, these birefringent microgears have advantages over previous microrotors that are fabricated from non-birefringent light-curing resins.

OCIS Codes
(160.3710) Materials : Liquid crystals
(220.4610) Optical design and fabrication : Optical fabrication
(220.4880) Optical design and fabrication : Optomechanics
(350.4855) Other areas of optics : Optical tweezers or optical manipulation

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Optical Trapping and Manipulation

History
Original Manuscript: January 4, 2012
Revised Manuscript: January 28, 2012
Manuscript Accepted: January 30, 2012
Published: February 6, 2012

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Vol. 7, Iss. 4 Virtual Journal for Biomedical Optics

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Kiminori Ito, Hiroshi Frusawa, and Masahiro Kimura, "Precise switching control of liquid crystalline microgears driven by circularly polarized light," Opt. Express 20, 4254-4259 (2012)
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Appl. Opt.

H. Ukita and H. Kawashima, “Optical rotor capable of controlling clockwise and counterclockwise rotation in optical tweezers by displacing the trapping position,” Appl. Opt.49(10), 1991–1996 (2010). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Appl. Phys.

P. Galajda and P. Ormos, “Complex micromachines produced and driven by light,” Appl. Phys.78(2), 249–251 (2001).

Appl. Phys. Lett.

S. Juodkazis, S. Matsuo, N. Murazawa, I. Hasegawa, and H. Misawa, “High-efficiency optical transfer of torque to a nematic liquid crystal droplet,” Appl. Phys. Lett.82(26), 4657–4659 (2003). [CrossRef]
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J. Microelectromech. Syst.

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Jpn. J. App. Phys.

K. Ito and M. Kimura, “Optically induced rotation of microcylinders made of photopolymerizable nematic liquid crystal,” Jpn. J. App. Phys.49(4), 04020801–04020804 (2010). [CrossRef]

Nature

M. E. J. Friese, T. A. Nieminen, N. R. Heckenberg, and H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop, “Optical alignment and spinning of laser-trapped microscopic particles,” Nature394(6691), 348–350 (1998). [CrossRef]

Nature Mat.

S. L. Neale, M. P. MacDonald, K. Dholakia, and T. F. Krauss, “All-optical control of microfluidic components using form birefringence,” Nature Mat.4(7), 530–533 (2005). [CrossRef]

Opt. Express

Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A

H. F. Gleeson, T. A. Wood, and M. Dickinson, “Laser manipulation in liquid crystals: an approach to microfluidics and micromachines,” Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A364(1847), 2789–2805 (2006). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Phys. Rev.

R. A. Beth, “Mechanical detection and measurement of the angular momentum of light,” Phys. Rev.50(2), 115–125 (1936). [CrossRef]

Phys. Rev. E

C. Manzo, D. Paparo, L. Marrucci, and I. Jánossy, “Light-induced rotation of dye-doped liquid crystal droplets,” Phys. Rev. E73(5), 05170701–05170714 (2006). [CrossRef]
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Phys. Rev. Lett.

L. Angelani, R. Di Leonardo, and G. Ruocco, “Self-starting micromotors in a bacterial bath,” Phys. Rev. Lett.102(4), 04810401–04810404 (2009). [CrossRef]

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[1] R. A. Beth, “Mechanical detection and measurement of the angular momentum of light,” Phys. Rev.50(2), 115–125 (1936). [CrossRef]

[2] M. E. J. Friese, T. A. Nieminen, N. R. Heckenberg, and H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop, “Optical alignment and spinning of laser-trapped microscopic particles,” Nature394(6691), 348–350 (1998). [CrossRef]

[3] S. L. Neale, M. P. MacDonald, K. Dholakia, and T. F. Krauss, “All-optical control of microfluidic components using form birefringence,” Nature Mat.4(7), 530–533 (2005). [CrossRef]

[4] S. Juodkazis, S. Matsuo, N. Murazawa, I. Hasegawa, and H. Misawa, “High-efficiency optical transfer of torque to a nematic liquid crystal droplet,” Appl. Phys. Lett.82(26), 4657–4659 (2003). [CrossRef]

[5] H. F. Gleeson, T. A. Wood, and M. Dickinson, “Laser manipulation in liquid crystals: an approach to microfluidics and micromachines,” Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A364(1847), 2789–2805 (2006). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[6] T. A. Wood, H. F. Gleeson, M. R. Dickinson, and A. J. Wright, “Mechanisms of optical angular momentum transfer to nematic liquid crystalline droplets,” Appl. Phys. Lett.84(21), 4292–4294 (2004). [CrossRef]

[7] E. Brasselet, N. Murazawa, S. Juodkazis, and H. Misawa, “Statics and dynamics of radial nematic liquid-crystal droplets manipulated by laser tweezers,” Phys. Rev. E77(4), 04170401–04170407 (2008). [CrossRef]

[8] K. Ito and M. Kimura, “Optically induced rotation of microcylinders made of photopolymerizable nematic liquid crystal,” Jpn. J. App. Phys.49(4), 04020801–04020804 (2010). [CrossRef]

[9] C. Manzo, D. Paparo, L. Marrucci, and I. Jánossy, “Light-induced rotation of dye-doped liquid crystal droplets,” Phys. Rev. E73(5), 05170701–05170714 (2006). [CrossRef]

[10] Y. Yang, P. D. Brimicombe, N. W. Roberts, M. R. Dickinson, M. Osipov, and H. F. Gleeson, “Continuously rotating chiral liquid crystal droplets in a linearly polarized laser trap,” Opt. Express16(21), 6877–6882 (2008). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[11] P. Galajda and P. Ormos, “Complex micromachines produced and driven by light,” Appl. Phys.78(2), 249–251 (2001).

[12] S. Maruo, A. Takaura, and Y. Saito, “Optically driven micropump with a twin spiral microrotor,” Opt. Express17(21), 18525–18532 (2009). [CrossRef]

[13] H. Ukita and H. Kawashima, “Optical rotor capable of controlling clockwise and counterclockwise rotation in optical tweezers by displacing the trapping position,” Appl. Opt.49(10), 1991–1996 (2010). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[14] S. Maruo, K. Ikuta, and H. Korogi, “Force-controllable, optically driven micromachines fabricated by single-step two-photon microstereolithography,” J. Microelectromech. Syst.12(5), 533–539 (2003). [CrossRef]

[15] L. Angelani, R. Di Leonardo, and G. Ruocco, “Self-starting micromotors in a bacterial bath,” Phys. Rev. Lett.102(4), 04810401–04810404 (2009). [CrossRef]

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