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Supercontinuum trap stiffness measurement using a confocal approach.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  21165001     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Process    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
We report a novel method for characterizing the stiffness of white light supercontinuum tweezers, in which the nonlinear photonic crystal fiber used for supercontinuum generation is also utilized as an effective confocal pinhole to track the motion of a trapped bead and as a scan head to realize rapid scanning of the optical trap. By measuring the phase of the bead's motion in following the trap, a lateral stiffness value of about 7.9 μN/m was obtained with supercontinumm power of about 75 mW. Our technique can potentially allow for trap stiffness calibration along an arbitrary direction in three dimensions.
Authors:
Zhe Zhang; Haifeng Li; Peng Li; Kebin Shi; Perry Edwards; Fiorenzo Omenetto; Mark Cronin-Golomb; Guizhong Zhang; Zhiwen Liu
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Optics express     Volume:  18     ISSN:  1094-4087     ISO Abbreviation:  Opt Express     Publication Date:  2010 Dec 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-12-17     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  101137103     Medline TA:  Opt Express     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  26499-504     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Electrical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA.
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