The effect of Mie resonances on trapping
in optical tweezers: comment

doi:10.1364/OE.17.002658

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The effect of Mie resonances on trapping in optical tweezers: comment

Bo Sun and David G. Grier »View Author Affiliations

Optics Express, Vol. 17, Issue 4, pp. 2658-2660 (2009)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.17.002658

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Abstract

Recently, Stilgoe, et al., [Opt. Express 16, 15039 (2008)] reported calculations of the force on an optically trapped sphere performed using the “optical tweezers toolbox”. This software suffers from numerical inaccuracies that lead to qualitative errors in the state diagram for stable trapping, particularly for spheres smaller than the wavelength of light.

OCIS Codes
(050.1960) Diffraction and gratings : Diffraction theory
(140.7010) Lasers and laser optics : Laser trapping
(290.4020) Scattering : Mie theory

ToC Category:
Optical Trapping and Manipulation

History
Original Manuscript: October 29, 2008
Revised Manuscript: December 22, 2008
Manuscript Accepted: December 22, 2008
Published: February 10, 2009

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Bo Sun and David G. Grier, "The effect of Mie resonances on trapping in optical tweezers: comment," Opt. Express 17, 2658-2660 (2009)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/vjbo/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-17-4-2658

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References

A. Ashkin, J. M. Dziedzic, J. E. Bjorkholm, and S. Chu, "Observation of a single-beam gradient force optical trap for dielectric particles," Opt. Lett. 11, 288-290 (1986). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
A. B. Stilgoe, T. A. Nieminen, G. Knoner, N. R. Heckenberg, and H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop, "The effect of Mie resonances on trapping in optical tweezers," Opt. Express 16, 15039-15051 (2008). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
C. F. Bohren and D. R. Huffman, Absorption and Scattering of Light by Small Particles (Wiley Interscience, New York, 1983).
B. Sun, Y. Roichman, and D. G. Grier, "Theory of holographic optical trapping," Opt. Express 16, 765-776 (2008). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
T. A. Nieminen, V. L. Y. Loke, A. B. Stilgoe, G. Knöner, A.M. Branczyk, N. R. Heckenberg, and H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop, "Optical tweezers computational toolbox," J. Opt. A 9, S196-S203 (2007). [CrossRef]
M. I. Mishchenko, L. D. Travis, and A. A. Lacis, Scattering, Absorption and Emission of Light by Small Particles (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2001).
T. A. Nieminen, V. L. Y. Loke, A. B. Stilgoe, Y. Hu, G. Knoener, and A. M. Branczyk, "Optical tweezers toolbox 1.1," University of Queensland (2007), http://www.physics.uq.edu.au/people/nieminen/software.html.
T. A. Nieminen, H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop, and N. R. Heckenberg, "Multipole expansion of strongly focussed laser beams," J. Quant. Spec. Rad. Transfer 79-80, 1005-1017 (2003). [CrossRef]
J. H. Crichton and P. L. Marston, "The measurable distinction between the spin and orbital angular momenta of electromagnetic radiation," Electron. J. Differ. Equations Conf. 04, 37-50 (2000).
Y. Harada and T. Asakura, "Radiation forces on a dielectric sphere in the Rayleigh scattering regime," Opt. Commun. 124, 529-541 (1996). [CrossRef]

Conf.

J. H. Crichton and P. L. Marston, "The measurable distinction between the spin and orbital angular momenta of electromagnetic radiation," Electron. J. Differ. Equations Conf. 04, 37-50 (2000).

J. Opt. A

T. A. Nieminen, V. L. Y. Loke, A. B. Stilgoe, G. Knöner, A.M. Branczyk, N. R. Heckenberg, and H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop, "Optical tweezers computational toolbox," J. Opt. A 9, S196-S203 (2007). [CrossRef]

J. Quant. Spec. Rad. Transfer

T. A. Nieminen, H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop, and N. R. Heckenberg, "Multipole expansion of strongly focussed laser beams," J. Quant. Spec. Rad. Transfer 79-80, 1005-1017 (2003). [CrossRef]

Opt. Commun.

Y. Harada and T. Asakura, "Radiation forces on a dielectric sphere in the Rayleigh scattering regime," Opt. Commun. 124, 529-541 (1996). [CrossRef]

Opt. Lett.

A. Ashkin, J. M. Dziedzic, J. E. Bjorkholm, and S. Chu, "Observation of a single-beam gradient force optical trap for dielectric particles," Opt. Lett. 11, 288-290 (1986). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Other

A. B. Stilgoe, T. A. Nieminen, G. Knoner, N. R. Heckenberg, and H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop, "The effect of Mie resonances on trapping in optical tweezers," Opt. Express 16, 15039-15051 (2008). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
C. F. Bohren and D. R. Huffman, Absorption and Scattering of Light by Small Particles (Wiley Interscience, New York, 1983).
B. Sun, Y. Roichman, and D. G. Grier, "Theory of holographic optical trapping," Opt. Express 16, 765-776 (2008). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
M. I. Mishchenko, L. D. Travis, and A. A. Lacis, Scattering, Absorption and Emission of Light by Small Particles (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2001).
T. A. Nieminen, V. L. Y. Loke, A. B. Stilgoe, Y. Hu, G. Knoener, and A. M. Branczyk, "Optical tweezers toolbox 1.1," University of Queensland (2007), http://www.physics.uq.edu.au/people/nieminen/software.html.

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[1] A. Ashkin, J. M. Dziedzic, J. E. Bjorkholm, and S. Chu, "Observation of a single-beam gradient force optical trap for dielectric particles," Opt. Lett. 11, 288-290 (1986). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[2] A. B. Stilgoe, T. A. Nieminen, G. Knoner, N. R. Heckenberg, and H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop, "The effect of Mie resonances on trapping in optical tweezers," Opt. Express 16, 15039-15051 (2008). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[3] C. F. Bohren and D. R. Huffman, Absorption and Scattering of Light by Small Particles (Wiley Interscience, New York, 1983).

[4] B. Sun, Y. Roichman, and D. G. Grier, "Theory of holographic optical trapping," Opt. Express 16, 765-776 (2008). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[5] T. A. Nieminen, V. L. Y. Loke, A. B. Stilgoe, G. Knöner, A.M. Branczyk, N. R. Heckenberg, and H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop, "Optical tweezers computational toolbox," J. Opt. A 9, S196-S203 (2007). [CrossRef]

[6] M. I. Mishchenko, L. D. Travis, and A. A. Lacis, Scattering, Absorption and Emission of Light by Small Particles (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2001).

[7] T. A. Nieminen, V. L. Y. Loke, A. B. Stilgoe, Y. Hu, G. Knoener, and A. M. Branczyk, "Optical tweezers toolbox 1.1," University of Queensland (2007), http://www.physics.uq.edu.au/people/nieminen/software.html.

[8] T. A. Nieminen, H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop, and N. R. Heckenberg, "Multipole expansion of strongly focussed laser beams," J. Quant. Spec. Rad. Transfer 79-80, 1005-1017 (2003). [CrossRef]

[9] J. H. Crichton and P. L. Marston, "The measurable distinction between the spin and orbital angular momenta of electromagnetic radiation," Electron. J. Differ. Equations Conf. 04, 37-50 (2000).

[10] Y. Harada and T. Asakura, "Radiation forces on a dielectric sphere in the Rayleigh scattering regime," Opt. Commun. 124, 529-541 (1996). [CrossRef]

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