Fractional optical vortex beam induced rotation of particles
Optics Express, Vol. 13, Issue 20, pp. 7726-7731 (2005)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OPEX.13.007726
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Abstract
We experimentally demonstrate optical rotation and manipulation of microscopic particles by use of optical vortex beams with fractional topological charges, namely fractional optical vortex beams, which are coupled in an optical tweezers system. Like the vortex beams with integer topological charges, the fractional optical vortex beams are also capable of rotating particles induced by the transfer of orbital angular momentum. However, the unique radial opening (low-intensity gap) in the intensity ring encompassing the dark core, due to the fractional nature of the beam, hinders the rotation significantly. The fractional vortex beam’s orbital angular momentum and radial opening are exploited to guide and transport microscopic particles.
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1. Introduction
L. Allen, M. W. Beijersbergen, R. J. C. Spreeuw, and J. P. Woerdman, “Orbital angular momentum of light and the transformation of Laguerre-Gaussian laser modes,” Phy. Rev. A 45, 8185–8190 (1992). [CrossRef]
H. He, M. E. J. Friese, N. R. Heckenberg, and H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop, “Direct observation of transfer of angular momentum to absorptive particles from a laser beam with a phase singularity,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 75, 826–829 (1995). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
K Volke-Sepulveda, V Garcés-Chávez, S Chávez-Cerda, J Arlt, and K Dholakia, “Orbital angular momentum of a high-order Bessel light beam,” J. Opt. B: Quantum and Semiclass Opt. 4, S82–S89 (2002). [CrossRef]
M V Berry, “Optical vortices evolving from helicoidal integer and fractional phase steps,” J. Opt. A: Pure Appl. Opt. 6, 259–268 (2004). [CrossRef]
S. H. Tao, W. M. Lee, and X.-C. Yuan, “Dynamic optical manipulation using higher order fractional Bessel beam generated from a spatial light modulator,” Opt. Lett. 28, 1867–1869 (2003). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
M V Berry, “Optical vortices evolving from helicoidal integer and fractional phase steps,” J. Opt. A: Pure Appl. Opt. 6, 259–268 (2004). [CrossRef]
S. S. R. Oemrawsingh, E. R. Eliel, G. Nienhuis, and J. P. Woerdman, “Intrinsic orbital angular momentum of paraxial beams with off-axis imprinted vortices,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 21, 2089–2096 (2004). [CrossRef]
2. Fractional optical beams
L. Allen, M. W. Beijersbergen, R. J. C. Spreeuw, and J. P. Woerdman, “Orbital angular momentum of light and the transformation of Laguerre-Gaussian laser modes,” Phy. Rev. A 45, 8185–8190 (1992). [CrossRef]
A. T. O’Neil, I. MacVicar, L. Allen, and M. J. Padgett, “Intrinsic and extrinsic nature of the orbital angular momentum of a light beam,” Phy. Rev. Lett. 88, 053601 (2002). [CrossRef]
S M Barnett and L Allen, “Orbital angular momentum and nonparaxial light-beams,” Opt. Commun. 110, 670–678 (1994). [CrossRef]
Jonathan Leach, Eric Yao, and Miles J Padgett, “Observation of the vortex structure of a non-integer vortex beam,” New J. Phys. 6, 71–78 (2004). [CrossRef]
Jonathan Leach, Eric Yao, and Miles J Padgett, “Observation of the vortex structure of a non-integer vortex beam,” New J. Phys. 6, 71–78 (2004). [CrossRef]
S. H. Tao, X.-C. Yuan, H. B. Niu, and X. Peng, “Dynamic optical manipulation using intensity patterns directly projected by a reflective spatial light modulator,” Rev. Sci. Instrum. 76, 056103 (2005). [CrossRef]
3. Experimental optical manipulations
K Volke-Sepulveda, V Garcés-Chávez, S Chávez-Cerda, J Arlt, and K Dholakia, “Orbital angular momentum of a high-order Bessel light beam,” J. Opt. B: Quantum and Semiclass Opt. 4, S82–S89 (2002). [CrossRef]
Jennifer E. Curtis and David G. Grier, “Structure of optical vortices,” Phy. Rev. Lett. 90, 133901 (2003). [CrossRef]
4. Summary
Acknowledgments
References and Links
L. Allen, M. W. Beijersbergen, R. J. C. Spreeuw, and J. P. Woerdman, “Orbital angular momentum of light and the transformation of Laguerre-Gaussian laser modes,” Phy. Rev. A 45, 8185–8190 (1992). [CrossRef] | |
H. He, M. E. J. Friese, N. R. Heckenberg, and H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop, “Direct observation of transfer of angular momentum to absorptive particles from a laser beam with a phase singularity,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 75, 826–829 (1995). [CrossRef] [PubMed] | |
K Volke-Sepulveda, V Garcés-Chávez, S Chávez-Cerda, J Arlt, and K Dholakia, “Orbital angular momentum of a high-order Bessel light beam,” J. Opt. B: Quantum and Semiclass Opt. 4, S82–S89 (2002). [CrossRef] | |
M V Berry, “Optical vortices evolving from helicoidal integer and fractional phase steps,” J. Opt. A: Pure Appl. Opt. 6, 259–268 (2004). [CrossRef] | |
Jonathan Leach, Eric Yao, and Miles J Padgett, “Observation of the vortex structure of a non-integer vortex beam,” New J. Phys. 6, 71–78 (2004). [CrossRef] | |
S. S. R. Oemrawsingh, E. R. Eliel, G. Nienhuis, and J. P. Woerdman, “Intrinsic orbital angular momentum of paraxial beams with off-axis imprinted vortices,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 21, 2089–2096 (2004). [CrossRef] | |
M.W. Beijersbergen, R. P.C. Coerwinkel, M. Kristensen, and J. P. Woerdman, “Helical-wavefront laser beams produced with a spiral phaseplate,” Opt. Commun. 112, 321–327 (1994). [CrossRef] | |
I V Basistiy, V A Pas’ko, V V Slyusa, M S Soskin, and M V Vasnetsov, “Synthesis and analysis of optical vortices with fractional topological charges,” J. Opt. A: Pure Appl. Opt. 6, S166–S169 (2004). [CrossRef] | |
W. M. Lee, X.-C. Yuan, and K. Dholakia, “Experimental observation of optical vortex evolution in a Gaussian beam with an embedded fractional phase step,” Opt. Commun. 239, 129 (2004). [CrossRef] | |
S. H. Tao, W. M. Lee, and X.-C. Yuan, “Dynamic optical manipulation using higher order fractional Bessel beam generated from a spatial light modulator,” Opt. Lett. 28, 1867–1869 (2003). [CrossRef] [PubMed] | |
S. H. Tao, W. M. Lee, and X.-C. Yuan, “Experimental study of holographic generation of fractional Bessel beams,” Appl. Opt. 43, 122–126(2004). [CrossRef] [PubMed] | |
A. T. O’Neil, I. MacVicar, L. Allen, and M. J. Padgett, “Intrinsic and extrinsic nature of the orbital angular momentum of a light beam,” Phy. Rev. Lett. 88, 053601 (2002). [CrossRef] | |
S M Barnett and L Allen, “Orbital angular momentum and nonparaxial light-beams,” Opt. Commun. 110, 670–678 (1994). [CrossRef] | |
S. H. Tao, X.-C. Yuan, H. B. Niu, and X. Peng, “Dynamic optical manipulation using intensity patterns directly projected by a reflective spatial light modulator,” Rev. Sci. Instrum. 76, 056103 (2005). [CrossRef] | |
Jennifer E. Curtis and David G. Grier, “Structure of optical vortices,” Phy. Rev. Lett. 90, 133901 (2003). [CrossRef] | |
K. Ladavac and D. G. Grier, “Microoptomechanical pumps assembled and driven by holographic optical vortex arrays,” Opt. Express 12, 1144–1149 (2004), http://www.opticsexpress.org/abstract.cfm?URI=OPEX-12-6-1144. [CrossRef] [PubMed] |
OCIS Codes
(050.1970) Diffraction and gratings : Diffractive optics
(090.0090) Holography : Holography
(140.7010) Lasers and laser optics : Laser trapping
(290.5850) Scattering : Scattering, particles
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History
Original Manuscript: July 22, 2005
Revised Manuscript: September 5, 2005
Published: October 3, 2005
Citation
S. Tao, X-C. Yuan, J. Lin, X. Peng, and H. Niu, "Fractional optical vortex beam induced rotation of particles," Opt. Express 13, 7726-7731 (2005)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-13-20-7726
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References
- L. Allen, M. W. Beijersbergen, R. J. C. Spreeuw, and J. P. Woerdman, �??Orbital angular momentum of light and the transformation of Laguerre-Gaussian laser modes,�?? Phy. Rev. A 45, 8185-8190 (1992). [CrossRef]
- H. He, M. E. J. Friese, N. R. Heckenberg, and H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop, �??Direct observation of transfer of angular momentum to absorptive particles from a laser beam with a phase singularity,�?? Phys. Rev. Lett. 75, 826-829 (1995). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
- K Volke-Sepulveda, V Garcés-Chávez, S Chávez-Cerda, J Arlt, and K Dholakia, �??Orbital angular momentum of a high-order Bessel light beam,�?? J. Opt. B: Quantum and Semiclass Opt. 4, S82-S89 (2002). [CrossRef]
- M V Berry, �??Optical vortices evolving from helicoidal integer and fractional phase steps,�?? J. Opt. A: Pure Appl. Opt. 6, 259-268 (2004). [CrossRef]
- Jonathan Leach, Eric Yao, and Miles J Padgett, �??Observation of the vortex structure of a non-integer vortex beam,�?? New J. Phys. 6, 71-78 (2004). [CrossRef]
- S. S. R. Oemrawsingh, E. R. Eliel, G. Nienhuis, and J. P. Woerdman, �??Intrinsic orbital angular momentum of paraxial beams with off-axis imprinted vortices,�?? J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 21, 2089-2096 (2004). [CrossRef]
- M.W. Beijersbergen, R. P .C. Coerwinkel, M. Kristensen, and J. P. Woerdman, �??Helical-wavefront laser beams produced with a spiral phaseplate,�?? Opt. Commun. 112, 321-327 (1994). [CrossRef]
- I. V. Basistiy, V. A. Pas�??ko, V. V. Slyusa, M. S. Soskin, and M. V. Vasnetsov, �??Synthesis and analysis of optical vortices with fractional topological charges,�?? J. Opt. A: Pure Appl. Opt. 6, S166-S169 (2004). [CrossRef]
- W. M. Lee, X.-C. Yuan, and K. Dholakia, �??Experimental observation of optical vortex evolution in a Gaussian beam with an embedded fractional phase step,�?? Opt. Commun. 239, 129 (2004). [CrossRef]
- S. H. Tao, W. M. Lee, X.-C. Yuan, �??Dynamic optical manipulation using higher order fractional Bessel beam generated from a spatial light modulator,�?? Opt. Lett. 28, 1867-1869 (2003). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
- S. H. Tao, W. M. Lee and X.-C. Yuan, �??Experimental study of holographic generation of fractional Bessel beams,�?? Appl. Opt. 43, 122-126(2004). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
- A. T. O�??Neil, I. MacVicar, L. Allen, and M. J. Padgett, �??Intrinsic and extrinsic nature of the orbital angular momentum of a light beam,�?? Phy. Rev. Lett. 88, 053601 (2002). [CrossRef]
- S. M. Barnett and L. Allen, �??Orbital angular momentum and nonparaxial light-beams,�?? Opt. Commun. 110, 670-678 (1994). [CrossRef]
- S. H. Tao, X.-C. Yuan, H. B. Niu and X. Peng, �??Dynamic optical manipulation using intensity patterns directly projected by a reflective spatial light modulator,�?? Rev. Sci. Instrum. 76, 056103 (2005). [CrossRef]
- J. E. Curtis and D. G. Grier, �??Structure of optical vortices,�?? Phy. Rev. Lett. 90, 133901 (2003). [CrossRef]
- K. Ladavac and D. G. Grier, �??Microoptomechanical pumps assembled and driven by holographic optical vortex arrays,�?? Opt. Express 12, 1144-1149 (2004), <a href="http://www.opticsexpress.org/abstract.cfm?URI=OPEX-12-6-1144">http://www.opticsexpress.org/abstract.cfm?URI=OPEX-12-6-1144</a>. [CrossRef] [PubMed]
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