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22 February 2018 Customized focal light landscapes by complex vectorial fields for advanced optical trapping
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Proceedings Volume 10549, Complex Light and Optical Forces XII; 105490S (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2289645
Event: SPIE OPTO, 2018, San Francisco, California, United States
Abstract
Light structured in phase and polarization has proven extraordinary benefit for optical tweezing. However, the customization of focal, non-paraxial light landscapes still poses a challenge. We tailor novel focal landscapes including its intensity as well as three-dimensional polarization structure by complex vector beams, even combined with phase vortices. By focusing vector fields, whose polarization is oriented in flower- or web-shape, we fabricate intensity structures resembling bright flowers or dark stars. These structures are formed by transverse Ex,y as well as longitudinal Ez electric field components. We tune the z-polarization components as well as threedimensional focal volume E (x, y, z) = [Ex, Ey, Ez]T on demand, optimizing its structure for optical trapping applications. Beyond, we prove their benefit for advanced optical trapping schemes by tweezing and orienting zeolite-L nano-containers.
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Eileen Otte, Kemal Tekce, and Cornelia Denz "Customized focal light landscapes by complex vectorial fields for advanced optical trapping", Proc. SPIE 10549, Complex Light and Optical Forces XII, 105490S (22 February 2018); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2289645
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KEYWORDS
Polarization

Optical tweezers

Particles

Phase modulation

Spiral phase plates

Crystals

Zeolites

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