Array of optical tweezers with individual beam-steering and polarization control

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter J. Rodrigo ◽  
Vincent R. Daria ◽  
Jesper Gluckstad
Keyword(s):  
Optical Tweezers ◽  
Beam Steering ◽  
Polarization Control

scholarly journals Fast beam steering with full polarization control using a galvanometric optical scanner and polarization controller

2012 ◽  
Vol 20 (11) ◽  
pp. 12247 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Jofre ◽  
G. Anzolin ◽  
F. Steinlechner ◽  
N. Oliverio ◽  
J. P. Torres ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Beam Steering ◽  
Polarization Controller ◽  
Polarization Control ◽  
Optical Scanner

scholarly journals Miniature planar telescopes for efficient, wide-angle, high-precision beam steering

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ziqian He ◽  
Kun Yin ◽  
Shin-Tson Wu
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystal ◽  
Optical Tweezers ◽  
High Precision ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Beam Steering ◽  
Large Angle ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Optical Elements ◽  
Optical Efficiency

AbstractNon-mechanical beam steerers with lightweight, compact, high-efficiency, high-precision, and/or large-angle are pivotal for light detection and ranging (LiDAR) of autonomous vehicles, eye-tracking for near-eye displays, microscopy, optical tweezers, and high-precision three-dimensional (3D) printing. However, even the most matured optical phased array can only provide quasi-continuous, efficient beam steering within a small angle range. A telescope module with an angle magnification function can be coupled to enlarge the steering range or precision. But obtaining a compact, low-cost, lightweight, high-quality telescope module with conventional optics remains challenging. Patterned liquid crystal-based planar optical elements offer great design freedom for manipulating the phase profile of light in 2D space. Owing to the advantages of high efficiency, thinness, low cost, easy processing, flexibility, and response to environmental stimuli, a plethora of high-quality optical devices have been demonstrated. Here, a miniature planar telescope mediated by liquid crystal polymers is proposed to offer angle magnification independent of incident spatial location. It consists of two cascaded liquid crystal planar optical elements, each performing a predefined mathematical transformation. By this concept, planar optical elements are fabricated using a new exposure method and assembled into planar telescopes with different magnification factors. Within the incident field range, over 84.6% optical efficiency is achieved with small wavefront distortion. Such a miniature planar telescope shows the potential of cascaded liquid crystal planar optical elements for realizing functionalities that cannot be fulfilled by single optical elements, and enables lightweight, low loss, passive optical transmitters for widespread applications.

Defining the trapping limits of holographical optical tweezers

2004 ◽  
Vol 51 (3) ◽  
pp. 409-414 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Jordan ◽  
J. Leach ◽  
M. J. Padgett ◽  
J. Cooper ◽  
G. Sinclair
Keyword(s):  
Optical Tweezers

Symmetric-pair antennas for beam steering, direction finding or isotropic-reception gain

1991 ◽  
Vol 138 (4) ◽  
pp. 368 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Benjamin ◽  
W. Titze ◽  
P.V. Brennan ◽  
H.D. Griffiths
Keyword(s):  
Beam Steering ◽  
Direction Finding ◽  
Symmetric Pair

Electromagnetically Driven 2-axis Optical Beam Steering MEMS Mirror and Its Dependence of Actuation on Magnetic Field

2010 ◽  
Vol 130 (4) ◽  
pp. 107-112 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoshiyuki Watanabe ◽  
Yutaka Abe ◽  
Shinnosuke Iwamatsu ◽  
Seiya Kobayashi ◽  
Yoshiyuki Takahashi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Beam Steering ◽  
Optical Beam

An Optimized Scheme for Optical Phased Array Beam Steering Controlled by Wavelength

PIERS Online ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 127-131 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ying Zhao ◽  
Xiaozhou Yang ◽  
Qin Cai ◽  
Weiwei Hu
Keyword(s):  
Phased Array ◽  
Beam Steering ◽  
Optical Phased Array

Electromagnetic-matter interactions and devices

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandip Tiwari
Keyword(s):  
Optical Tweezers ◽  
Quantum Cascade Lasers ◽  
Accelerator Physics ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Quantum Cascade ◽  
Inorganic Systems ◽  
Charge Cloud ◽  
Atomic Distance ◽  
Extinction Length ◽  
Cascade Lasers

This chapter explores electromagnetic-matter interactions from photon to extinction length scales, i.e., nanometer of X-ray and above. Starting with Casimir-Polder effect to understand interactions of metals and dielectrics at near-atomic distance scale, it stretches to larger wavelengths to explore optomechanics and its ability for energy exchange and signal transduction between PHz and GHz. This range is explored with near-quantum sensitivity limits. The chapter also develops the understanding phononic bandgaps, and for photons, it explores the use of energetic coupling for useful devices such as optical tweezers, confocal microscopes and atomic clocks. It also explores miniature accelerators as a frontier area in accelerator physics. Plasmonics—the electromagnetic interaction with electron charge cloud—is explored for propagating and confined conditions together with the approaches’ possible uses. Optoelectronic energy conversion is analyzed in organic and inorganic systems, with their underlying interaction physics through solar cells and its thermodynamic limit, and quantum cascade lasers.

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