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Abstract
A computer-generated hologram is used to form an optical beam with a localized intensity null at its focus. The beam is a superposition of two Laguerre-Gaussian modes that are phased so that they interfere destructively to give a beam focus that is surrounded in all directions by regions of higher intensity. Beams of this kind will have applications in the optical trapping of macroscopic objects or atoms; hence the term optical bottle beam.Year: 2000 PMID: 18059825 DOI: 10.1364/ol.25.000191
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Opt Lett ISSN: 0146-9592 Impact factor: 3.776