Microfabricated continuous cubic phase plate induced Airy beams for optical manipulation with high power efficiency

We studied and demonstrated optical trapping capabilities of an Airy beam generated with a cubic phase plate incorporated into a conventional optical tweezer system. The power efficiency and damage threshold of the cubic phase plate were found to be much higher when spatial light modulators were employed in beam generation. (C) 2011 American Institute of Physics. [doi: 10.1063/1.3672210]