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PHOTONICS
Volume 8, Issue 12, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/photonics8120548
Keywords
optical tweezers; optomechanics; ray optics
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The study analyzed the effect of lens misalignment on optical force within the geometrical optics range, and found that lens tilting has a greater impact on optical force than off-axis misalignment. The misalignments will couple with each other, causing a shift of the equilibrium point and asymmetry in optical trap stiffness.
Geometrical optics approximation is a classic method for calculating the optical trapping force on particles whose sizes are larger than the wavelength of the trapping light. In this study, the effect of the lens misalignment on optical force was analyzed in the geometrical optics regime. We used geometrical optics to analyze the influence of off-axis placement and the tilt of the lens on the trapping position and stiffness in an optical trap. Numerical calculation results showed that lens tilting has a greater impact on the optical trap force than the off-axis misalignments, and both misalignments will couple with each other and cause a shift of the equilibrium point and the asymmetry of the optical trap stiffness in different ways. Our research revealed the asymmetry in optical traps caused by lens misalignment and can provide guidance for optimize lens placement in future experiments.
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