Optically induced angular alignment of birefringent micro-objects by linear polarization

E. Higurashi; R. Sawada; T. Ito

doi:10.1063/1.122663

Optically induced angular alignment of birefringent micro-objects by linear polarization

E. Higurashi, R. Sawada, T. Ito

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Abstract

Fluorinated polyimide micro-objects having large birefringence of Δn=-0.13 (refractive index n₁=1.62, n₂=1.49 for the wavelength λ=1.06 μm), which were fabricated by reactive ion etching and suspended in water (n=1.33), were trapped and angularly aligned in a single Gaussian laser beam (λ=1.06 μm, power P>3 μW). The optically induced angular alignment effect is caused by the transfer of spin angular momentum due to the interaction between their birefringence and the linearly polarized light.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3034-3036
Number of pages	3
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	73
Issue number	21
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.122663
Publication status	Published - 1998
Externally published	Yes

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Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

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