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Size stabilization of surface-supported liquid aerosols using tapered optical fiber coupling |
Optics Letters, Vol. 38, Issue 5, pp. 793-795 (2013)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.38.000793
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Abstract
We demonstrate long-term size stabilization of surface-supported liquid aerosols of salt-water. Single tapered optical fibers were used to couple the light from independent heating and probe lasers into individual microdroplets that were kept on a superhydrophobic surface in a high-humidity chamber. Size stabilization of microdroplets resulted from competition between resonant absorption of the infrared heating laser by a microdroplet whispering gallery mode and water condensation in the sample chamber. Microdroplet size was continuously monitored using the tunable red probe laser. Thanks to the narrow linewidth of the heating laser, stabilization of the 110 μm radius of a microdroplet with a precision down to 0.54 nm was achieved for a period of 410 s.
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OCIS Codes
(010.1110) Atmospheric and oceanic optics : Aerosols
(060.2340) Fiber optics and optical communications : Fiber optics components
(300.6320) Spectroscopy : Spectroscopy, high-resolution
(140.3945) Lasers and laser optics : Microcavities
ToC Category:
Lasers and Laser Optics
History
Original Manuscript: January 11, 2013
Manuscript Accepted: January 24, 2013
Published: February 28, 2013
Citation
Yasin Karadag, Alexandr Jonáš, Ibrahim Kucukkara, and Alper Kiraz, "Size stabilization of surface-supported liquid aerosols using tapered optical fiber coupling," Opt. Lett. 38, 793-795 (2013)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ol/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-38-5-793
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