Arlt, T. and Padgett, M. (2000) Generation of a beam with a dark focus surrounded by regions of higher intensity: the optical bottle beam. Optics Letters, 25(4), 191 -193.
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Abstract
A computer-generated hologram is used to form an optical beam with a localized intensity null at its focus. The beam is a superposition of two Laguerre-Gaussian modes that are phased so that they interfere destructively to give a beam focus that is surrounded in all directions by regions of higher intensity. Beams of this kind will have applications in the optical trapping of macroscopic objects or atoms; hence the term optical bottle beam.
| Item Type: | Articles |
|---|---|
| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Padgett, Professor Miles |
| Authors: | Arlt, T., and Padgett, M. |
| Subjects: | Q Science > QC Physics |
| College/School: | College of Science and Engineering > School of Physics and Astronomy |
| Journal Name: | Optics Letters |
| Publisher: | Optical Society of America |
| ISSN: | 0146-9592 |
| ISSN (Online): | 1539-4794 |
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