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Optical Binding Phenomena: Observations and Mechanisms

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This thesis investigates phenomena occurring when multiple particles are confined in the same optical trap, leading to light-mediated interactions between the trapped particles (optical binding). These interactions are not only of interest in terms of the fundamental optical physics involved, but also have many practical implications for micro-manipulation of dielectric particles.

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    This may be because there are many interference fringes formed, with each of these defining a different plane of trapping perpendicular to the beam axes. In order to form optically bound clusters in a single plane there must be some way of ensuring all the particles are located in the same plane. This would probably require manual loading using “helper” optical tweezers.

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Taylor, J.M. (2011). Introduction. In: Optical Binding Phenomena: Observations and Mechanisms. Springer Theses. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-21195-9_1

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