Optical trapping with "on-demand" two-photon luminescence using Cr:LiSAF laser with optically addressed saturable Bragg reflector

We demonstrate a diode-pumped Cr:LiSAF laser with controllable and reliable fast switching between its continuous-wave and mode-locked states of operation using an optically-addressed semiconductor Bragg reflector, permitting dyed microspheres to be continuously trapped and monitored using a standard microscope imaging and on-demand two-photon-excited luminescence techniques. (C) 2012 Optical Society of America

Citation

Savitski , V G , Metzger , N K , Calvez , S , Burns , D , Sibbett , W & Brown , C T A 2012 , ' Optical trapping with "on-demand" two-photon luminescence using Cr:LiSAF laser with optically addressed saturable Bragg reflector ' , Optics Express , vol. 20 , no. 7 , pp. 7066-7070 . https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.20.007066

Publication

Optics Express

Status

Peer reviewed

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.20.007066

ISSN

1094-4087

Type

Journal article

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(c) OSA 2012. This paper was published in Optics Express and is made available as an electronic reprint with the permission of OSA. The paper can be found at the following URL on the OSA website: http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-20-7-7066. Systematic or multiple reproduction or distribution to multiple locations via electronic or other means is prohibited and is subject to penalties under law.

Collections

University of St Andrews Research

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/10023/3321