We have succeeded in the operation of rotating a fine particle which was held without mechanical contact by circularly polarized laser beams with opposite propagation directions. A polystyrene latex particle 11.9 μm in diameter deformed in a disk-like shape was dispersed in water, and was trapped using the anti-parallel collinear laser beams which were set up so that they had the circular polarization rotating in the same direction. It was observed that the trapped particle rotated in the same direction as the rotation of the circular polarization of light. Inversion of the rotational direction of the circular polarization of light reversed the direction of the rotation of the particle. Although the rotational speed of a particle varied significantly from particle to particle, it was found to be proportional to the laser beam intensity. A typical value for the rotational speed per beam intensity was 2.1 Hz/W. 相似文献
This paper investigates the singular optics of nonparaxial light beams in the near field when the light behaves as a tractor beam. New insights into the optical pulling force, which is usually represented by integrating the stress tensor at a black box enclosing the object, are interpreted by the optical singularity of the Poynting vector. The negative nonconservative pulling force originates from the transfer of the azimuthal Poynting vector to the longitudinal component partly owing to the presence of a scatterer. The separatrice pattern and singularity shifts of the Poynting vector unanimously exhibit a differentiable near‐field distribution in the presence of optical pulling force. A new method is established to calculate the near‐field optical force using the differential Poynting vector in the far field. The results obtained provide a clear physical interpretation of the light–matter interaction and manifest the significance of singular optics in manipulating objects.
The normalized second-order
correlation of the emission fields from a driven four-level atomic
ensemble is investigated theoretically by using the state vector
method. The violation of Cauchy-Schwarz inequality, which indicates
the establishment of non-classical correlation between two emission
fields, has been found. The effects of various decays and time delay
on the correlation are discussed in detail, which are helpful in
finding the ways to obtain high non-classical correlation. This
technique for the generation of non-classical light is operable
based on the current experimental technology and will lead to some
potential applications in quantum information science. 相似文献
We propose two schemes for generating a four-atom cluster state in a thermal
cavity. With the assistant of a strong classical field the
photon-number-dependent parts in the effective Hamiltonian are canceled.
Thus the schemes are insensitive to the thermal field. The schemes can also
be used to generate the cluster state for the trapped ions in thermal
motion. 相似文献
We review the recent progress on the magnetic skyrmions in chiral magnetic materials.The magnetic skyrmion is a topological spin configuration with localized spatial extent,which could be thought of as an emergent rigid particle,owing to its particular topological and chiral properties.Static skyrmionic configurations have been found in various materials with different transport and thermodynamic properties.The magnetic skyrmions respond to externally applied fields in a very unique way,and their coupling to other quasiparticles in solid-state systems gives rise to the emergent electrodynamics.Being not only theoretically important,the magnetic skyrmion is also very promising to be the information carrier in next generation spintronic devices. 相似文献