Spontaneous symmetry breaking and circulation by optically bound microparticle chains in Gaussian beam traps
(2009)
Journal Article
Taylor, J., & Love, G. (2009). Spontaneous symmetry breaking and circulation by optically bound microparticle chains in Gaussian beam traps. Physical Review A, 80(5), Article 053808. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.80.053808
It has been known for some time that simple “optically bound” chains of dielectric microparticles can form in a counter propagating Gaussian beam optical trap. Here we report experimental observations of more complex trapped states, which do not refl... Read More about Spontaneous symmetry breaking and circulation by optically bound microparticle chains in Gaussian beam traps.