Transfer of orbital angular momentum to an optically trapped low-index particle Export

@article{citeulike:1603128, abstract = {We demonstrate the transfer of orbital angular momentum from a light beam to a trapped low-index particle. The particle is trapped in a dark annular region of a high-order Bessel beam and rotates around the beam axis due to scattering from the helical wave fronts of the light beam. A general theoretical geometrical optics model is developed that, applied to our specific situation, corroborates tweezing and transfer of orbital angular momentum to the low-index particle. Good quantitative agreement between theory and experiment for particle rotation rates is observed.}, author = {Garc{\'es-Ch{\'a}vez}, V. and Volke-Sepulveda, K. and Ch{\'avez-Cerda}, S. and Sibbett, W. and Dholakia, K.}, citeulike-article-id = {1603128}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.66.063402}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?bibcode=2002PhRvA..66f3402G}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevA.66.063402}, journal = {Phys. Rev. A}, keywords = {angular, low-index, momentum, optical, orbital, refraction, rotation, trap, tweezers}, month = {December}, number = {6}, pages = {063402+}, posted-at = {2007-08-29 05:23:42}, priority = {2}, title = {Transfer of orbital angular momentum to an optically trapped low-index particle}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.66.063402}, volume = {66}, year = {2002} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1603128 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1603128 N2 - We demonstrate the transfer of orbital angular momentum from a light beam to a trapped low-index particle. The particle is trapped in a dark annular region of a high-order Bessel beam and rotates around the beam axis due to scattering from the helical wave fronts of the light beam. A general theoretical geometrical optics model is developed that, applied to our specific situation, corroborates tweezing and transfer of orbital angular momentum to the low-index particle. Good quantitative agreement between theory and experiment for particle rotation rates is observed. IS - 6 JF - Phys. Rev. A TI - Transfer of orbital angular momentum to an optically trapped low-index particle VL - 66 SP - 063402 KW - angular KW - low-index KW - momentum KW - optical KW - orbital KW - refraction KW - rotation KW - trap KW - tweezers AU - Garc{\'es-Ch{\'a}vez}, V AU - Volke-Sepulveda, K AU - Ch{\'avez-Cerda}, S AU - Sibbett, W AU - Dholakia, K PY - 2002/December// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.66.063402 ER -