Self assembly of microparticles in stable ring structures in an optical trap

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2011-11-05

arxiv.org/abs/1111.1329v2

Physics

Optics

21 pages, 14 figures

Scientific paper

Micro-particle self assembly under the influence of optical forces produced by higher order optical beams or by projection of a hologram into the trapping volume is well known. In this paper, we report the spontaneous formation of a ring of identical microspheres (each with diameter 1.1 $\mu$m) in conventional single beam optical tweezers with a usual TEM$_{00}$ Gaussian beam coupled into a sample chamber having standing wave geometry with a cover slip and glass slide. The effects of different experimental parameters on the ring formation are studied extensively. The experimental observations are backed by theoretical simulations based on a plane wave decomposition of the forward and backward propagating Gaussian beams. The ring patterns are shown to be caused due to geomterical aberrations produced by focusing the Gaussian beam using a high numerical aperture microscope objective into stratified media. It is found that the thickness of the stratified media and the standing wave geometry itself play a critical role in formation of stable ring structures. These structures could be used in the study of optical binding, as well as biological interactions between cells in an optical trap.

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