Non-contact optical control of multiple particles and defects using holographic optical trapping with phase-only liquid crystal spatial light modulator

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7232, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Anand, Suman ^a,b   Trivedi, Rahul P ^a   Stockdale, Gabriel ^a   Smalyukh, Ivan I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b AMITY UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

CGH (computer generated holograms); Disclination; Holography; Liquid crystals; Micro manipulation; Multiple traps; Optical tweezers; Spatial light modulator (SLM)

Indexed keywords

CGH (COMPUTER GENERATED HOLOGRAMS); DISCLINATION; MICRO-MANIPULATION; MULTIPLE TRAPS; SPATIAL LIGHT MODULATOR (SLM);

COMPUTER GENERATED HOLOGRAPHY; CRYSTAL DEFECTS; CRYSTALS; DRAG; HOLOGRAMS; HOLOGRAPHIC INTERFEROMETRY; LIGHT MODULATION; LIGHT SOURCES; LIQUID CRYSTALS; LIQUID MEMBRANE ELECTRODES; LIQUID MEMBRANES; LIQUIDS; MICROMANIPULATORS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; THERMOTROPIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

LIGHT MODULATORS;

EID: 63749123040     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.807873     Document Type: Conference Paper

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