Trapping aerosols with optical bottle arrays generated through a superposition of multiple Airy beams

• DOI: 10.3788/col201311.033502
• Publication Date: 2013-04-16T08:01:20Z
• Authors: Ze Zhang Ze Zhang; Peng Zhang Peng Z...; Matthew Mills Mat...; Zhigang Chen Zhig...; D. N. Christodoul...; Jingjiao Liu Jing...
• Keywords: MICROPARTICLES; 0103 physical sciences; PARTICLES; Optics; ATOM; 7. Clean energy; 01 natural sciences; PROPELLING BEAMS

We experimentally demonstrate the generation of an array of optical bottle beams by employing multiple self-accelerating Airy beams. This kind of optical bottle array is created by superimposing eight Airy beams along a circle, all with inward acceleration directed towards the center. In addition, we demonstrate stable trapping of multiple absorbing glassy carbon particles using the proposedoptical bottle array.