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Orbital-angular-momentum transfer to optically levitated microparticles in vacuum
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dc.contributor.author | Mazilu, Michael | |
dc.contributor.author | Arita, Yoshihiko | |
dc.contributor.author | Vettenburg, Tom | |
dc.contributor.author | Aunon-Garcia, Juan Miguel | |
dc.contributor.author | Wright, Ewan Malcolm | |
dc.contributor.author | Dholakia, Kishan | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-10-14T12:30:08Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-10-14T12:30:08Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016-11 | |
dc.identifier | 241731251 | |
dc.identifier | 0fdcdf1d-48f0-46b1-90a0-8f20da9be738 | |
dc.identifier | 84994708660 | |
dc.identifier | 000387531500008 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Mazilu , M , Arita , Y , Vettenburg , T , Aunon-Garcia , J M , Wright , E M & Dholakia , K 2016 , ' Orbital-angular-momentum transfer to optically levitated microparticles in vacuum ' , Physical Review. A, Atomic, molecular, and optical physics , vol. 94 , no. 5 , 053821 . https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.94.053821 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 1050-2947 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10023/9664 | |
dc.description.abstract | We demonstrate the transfer of orbital angular momentum to an optically levitated microparticle in vacuum. The microparticle is placed within a Laguerre-Gaussian beam and orbits the annular beam profile with increasing angular velocity as the air drag coefficient is reduced. We explore the particle dynamics as a function of the topological charge of the levitating beam. Our results reveal that there is a fundamental limit to the orbital angular momentum that may be transferred to a trapped particle, dependent upon the beam parameters and inertial forces present. | |
dc.format.extent | 5 | |
dc.format.extent | 1126082 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Physical Review. A, Atomic, molecular, and optical physics | en |
dc.subject | QC Physics | en |
dc.subject | T Technology | en |
dc.subject | DAS | en |
dc.subject.lcc | QC | en |
dc.subject.lcc | T | en |
dc.title | Orbital-angular-momentum transfer to optically levitated microparticles in vacuum | en |
dc.type | Journal article | en |
dc.contributor.sponsor | EPSRC | en |
dc.contributor.sponsor | EPSRC | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. School of Physics and Astronomy | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Biomedical Sciences Research Complex | en |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1103/PhysRevA.94.053821 | |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | EP/M000869/1 | en |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | EP/J01771X/1 | en |
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