Optical trapping and axial shifting for strongly absorbing particle with single focused TEM00 Gaussian beam

Zhihai Liu, Jiaze Wu, Yu Zhang, Yaxun Zhang, Xiaoyun Tang, Xinghua Yang, Jianzhong Zhang, Jun Yang, and Libo Yuan

We propose and demonstrate a stable three-dimensional trap and manipulation of a micron-sized strongly absorbing particle in pure liquid glycerol by using a single tight focused TEM00 Gaussian beam. We employ a bottom-side bidirectional view observation system to observe the trapped particle. We use the light at 980 nm to trap the absorbing particle and the light at 532 nm to indicate the distribution of the temperature field around the trapped particle. The trapping position of the absorbing particle is related to the incident laser power; the lower the incident laser power, the longer the particle shift distance. Our approach provides full control over trapped absorbing particles and expands optical manipulation of strong absorbing particles into a liquid media.

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