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Optical Manipulation of Airborne Light-Absorbing Microparticles Using Structured Laser Beams

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It is demonstrated how structured laser beams can be used to implement holographic optical tweezers for trapping and manipulating light-absorbing nano- and microparticles in the air. Two types of structured laser beams are investigated: polygon laser beams and superpositions of the Laguerre–Gauss modes with various carrier frequencies shifted relative to the propagation axis. The polygon laser beams generate arrays of optical bottle-beam traps, and the superpositions of the Laguerre–Gauss modes generate multiple light spots propagating along curved trajectories. The experiments have shown a possibility of optically trapping hundreds and thousands of airborne carbon nanoparticle agglomerations in a cuvette and passively guiding the trapped particles along a curved trajectory. The reported results can be used to develop laser manipulation systems for studying and transporting airborne nano- and microparticles.

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This work was supported by the Russian Science Foundation, project no. 22-12-00041 (in part of particle trapping), and within the State Assignment of NRC “Kurchatov Institute” (in part of laser beam generation).

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    A. P. Porfirev, S. N. Khonina, A. R. Skidanova, D. P. Porfirev, N. L. Kazanskiy & S. V. Karpeev

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    A. P. Porfirev, S. N. Khonina, N. L. Kazanskiy & S. V. Karpeev

  3. Lebedev Physical Institute, 443011, Samara, Russia

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Porfirev, A.P., Khonina, S.N., Skidanova, A.R. et al. Optical Manipulation of Airborne Light-Absorbing Microparticles Using Structured Laser Beams. Phys. Wave Phen. 32, 83–92 (2024). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1541308X24700031

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