Optical vault: A reconfigurable bottle beam based on conical refraction of light

Turpin, A. , Shvedov, V., Hnatovsky, C., Loiko, Y. V., Mompart, J. and Krolikowski, W. (2013) Optical vault: A reconfigurable bottle beam based on conical refraction of light. Optics Express, 21(22), pp. 26335-26340. (doi: 10.1364/OE.21.026335) (PMID:24216856)

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Abstract

We employ conical refraction of light in a biaxial crystal to create an optical bottle for photophoretic trapping and manipulation of particles in gaseous media. We show that by only varying the polarization state of the input light beam the optical bottle can be opened and closed in order to load and unload particles in a highly controllable manner.

Item Type:Articles
Status:Published
Refereed:Yes
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID:Turpin, Dr Alejandro
Authors: Turpin, A., Shvedov, V., Hnatovsky, C., Loiko, Y. V., Mompart, J., and Krolikowski, W.
College/School:College of Science and Engineering > School of Computing Science
College of Science and Engineering > School of Physics and Astronomy
Journal Name:Optics Express
Publisher:Optical Society of America
ISSN:1094-4087
ISSN (Online):1094-4087
Published Online:25 October 2013

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