Levitating the future: light, magnet, and fiber unite

Abstract

We report the first-ever observation of optomagnetically-driven rotation of a magnetic particle, optically levitated inside a chiral hollow-core photonic crystal fibre (HC-PCF). Rotation of the optically biaxial particle causes a change in the transmitted power and ellipticity of a linearly polarised probe beam at 632.8 nm. HC-PCF offers a versatile platform for investigating the optomechanical response of levitated magnetic particles.

Authors 11

1. Soumya Chakraborty

   Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg · Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light

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   Friedrich-Alexander-Univ. Erlangen-Nürnberg (Germany)

   Max-Planck-Institut für die Physik des Lichts (Germany)

2. G. K. L. Wong

   Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light

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   Max-Planck-Institut für die Physik des Lichts (Germany)

3. Vanessa Wachter Aachen

   Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light · RWTH Aachen University

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   Max-Planck-Institut für die Physik des Lichts (Germany)

   RWTH Aachen Univ. (Germany)

4. Silvia Viola Kusminskiy Aachen

   Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light · RWTH Aachen University

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   Max-Planck-Institut für die Physik des Lichts (Germany)

   RWTH Aachen Univ. (Germany)

5. Tadahiro Yokosawa

   Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

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   Friedrich-Alexander-Univ. Erlangen-Nürnberg (Germany)

6. Sabine Huebner

   Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

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   Friedrich-Alexander-Univ. Erlangen-Nürnberg (Germany)

7. Benjamin Apeleo Zubiri

   Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

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   Friedrich-Alexander-Univ. Erlangen-Nürnberg (Germany)

8. Erdmann Spiecker

   Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

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   Friedrich-Alexander-Univ. Erlangen-Nürnberg (Germany)

9. Monica Distaso

   Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

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   Friedrich-Alexander-Univ. Erlangen-Nürnberg (Germany)

10. Philip St.J. Russell

    Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light

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    Max-Planck-Institut für die Physik des Lichts (Germany)

11. Nicolas Y. Joly

    Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg · Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light

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    Friedrich-Alexander-Univ. Erlangen-Nürnberg (Germany)

    Max-Planck-Institut für die Physik des Lichts (Germany)