Optical Forces Arising from Phase Gradients Export

@article{citeulike:2423358, abstract = {We demonstrate both theoretically and experimentally that phase gradients in a light field can be used to create a new category of optical traps complementary to the more familiar intensity-gradient traps known as optical tweezers. We further show that the work done by phase-gradient forces is path dependent and briefly discuss some ramifications of this nonconservativity.}, author = {Roichman, Yohai and Sun, Bo and Roichman, Yael and Grill, Jesse A. and Grier, David G.}, citeulike-article-id = {2423358}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://scitation.aip.org/getabs/servlet/GetabsServlet?prog=normal&id=PRLTAO000100000001013602000001&idtype=cvips&gifs=yes}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v100/e013602}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.013602}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.013602}, journal = {Physical Review Letters}, keywords = {holographic, ot, phase}, number = {1}, posted-at = {2009-03-04 18:49:29}, priority = {5}, publisher = {APS}, title = {Optical Forces Arising from Phase Gradients}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.013602}, volume = {100}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2423358 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2423358 N2 - We demonstrate both theoretically and experimentally that phase gradients in a light field can be used to create a new category of optical traps complementary to the more familiar intensity-gradient traps known as optical tweezers. We further show that the work done by phase-gradient forces is path dependent and briefly discuss some ramifications of this nonconservativity. IS - 1 JF - Physical Review Letters TI - Optical Forces Arising from Phase Gradients PB - APS VL - 100 KW - holographic KW - ot KW - phase AU - Roichman, Yohai AU - Sun, Bo AU - Roichman, Yael AU - Grill, Jesse AU - Grier, David PY - 2008/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.013602 ER -