Movement of a millimeter-sized oil drop pushed by optical force

doi:10.1088/1674-1056/24/10/104207

Abstract We show experimentally that when an unfocused continuous wave (CW) laser beam is obliquely incident onto the surface of a millimeter-sized mineral oil drop on sucrose solution, it will exert a pushing force on the oil drop, making it move forwards along the surface of the sucrose solution. However, after a period of time, the oil drop stops moving. This can be explained as the phenomenon caused by the change of Abraham momentum, the optical gradient force, and friction together.

Keywords: optical force optical manipulation the movement of a millimeter-sized oil drop

Received: 22 January 2015
Revised: 03 April 2015
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PACS:	42.50.Wk	(Mechanical effects of light on material media, microstructures and particles)
	42.62.-b	(Laser applications)

Fund: Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 90921009 and 11274401).

Corresponding Authors: She Wei-Long
E-mail: shewl@mail.sysu.edu.cn

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Zhang Li (张莉), She Wei-Long (佘卫龙) Movement of a millimeter-sized oil drop pushed by optical force 2015 Chin. Phys. B 24 104207

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