Robust and high‐speed rotation control in optical tweezers by using polarization synthesis based on heterodyne interference

Wei Liu; Dashan Dong; Hong Yang; Qihuang Gong; Kebin Shi

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Wei Liu, Dashan Dong, Hong Yang, et al. Robust and high‐speed rotation control in optical tweezers by using polarization synthesis based on heterodyne interference. Opto‐Electron Adv 3, 200022 (2020). doi: 10.29026/oea.2020.200022

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Wei Liu, Dashan Dong, Hong Yang, et al. Robust and high‐speed rotation control in optical tweezers by using polarization synthesis based on heterodyne interference. Opto‐Electron Adv 3, 200022 (2020). doi: 10.29026/oea.2020.200022

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Robust and high‐speed rotation control in optical tweezers by using polarization synthesis based on heterodyne interference

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State Key Laboratory for Mesoscopic Physics and Frontiers Science Center for Nano-optoelectronics, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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Collaborative Innovation Center of Extreme Optics, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China
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Peking University Yangtze Delta Institute of Optoelectronics, Nantong 226010, China

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^*Corresponding author: K B Shi, E-mail: kebinshi@pku.edu.cn

Received Date 11 July 2020

Accepted Date 15 July 2020

Available Online 21 August 2020

Published Date 21 August 2020

Abstract

Abstract

The rotation control of particles in optical tweezers is often subject to the spin or orbit angular momentum induced optical torque, which is susceptible to the mechanical and morphological properties of individual particle. Here we report on a robust and high-speed rotation control in optical tweezers by using a novel linear polarization synthesis based on optical heterodyne interference between two circularly polarized lights with opposite handedness. The synthesized linear polarization can be rotated in a hopping-free scheme at arbitrary speed determined electronically by the heterodyne frequency between two laser fields. The experimental demonstration of a trapped vaterite particle in water shows that the precisely controlled rotation frequency of 300 Hz can be achieved. The proposed method will find promising applications in optically driven micro-gears, fluidic pumps and rotational micro-rheology.
- polarization modulation /
- optical heterodyne /
- optical tweezers /
- optical rotation

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