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Optical Levitation by Radiation Pressure
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The stable levitation of small transparent glass spheres by the forces of radiation pressure has been demonstrated experimentally in air and vacuum down to pressures ∼1 Torr. A single vertically directed focused TEM00-mode cw laser beam of ∼250 mW is sufficient to support stably a ∼20-μ glass sphere. The restoring forces acting on a particle trapped in an optical potential well were probed optically by a second laser beam. At low pressures, effects arising from residual radiometric forces were seen. Possible applications are mentioned.
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- Authors
- Ashkin, A., & Dziedzic, J. M.
- Venue
- Applied Physics Letters
- Publisher
- AIP Publishing
- Published
- 1971-10-15
- Volume
- 19
- Issue
- 8
- Pages
- 283-285
- ISSN
- 0003-6951 (ISSN-L)
- 1077-3118
- OpenAlex
- W2023616637
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- 799
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- FWCI
- 1.33
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- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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