Abstract
We demonstrate a new principle of optical trapping and manipulation increasing more than 1000 times the manipulation distance by harnessing strong thermal forces while suppressing their stochastic nature with optical vortex beams. Our approach expands optical manipulation of particles into a gas media and provides a full control over trapped particles, including the optical transport and pinpoint positioning of objects over a meter-scale distance with accuracy.
- Received 22 July 2010
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.118103
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