title: Dynamic axial-position control of a laser-trapped particle by wave-front modification.
abstract: The axial position of a laser-trapped particle has been controlled by modification of the wave front by means of a membrane deformable mirror. The mirror gives wave-front modulation in terms of Zernike polynomials. By modulation of the Zernike defocus term we can modulate the particle position under conditions of laser trapping. A polystyrene particle of 1-microm diameter was moved along the optical axis direction for a distance of 2370 nm in minimum steps of 55.4 nm. We also demonstrated particle oscillation along the optical axis by changing the focal position in a sinusoidal manner. From the frequency dependency of the amplitude of particle oscillation we determined the spring constant as 91.7 nN/m.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Physics, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan. ota@ap.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Taisuke
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authors.lastname: Ota
authors.forename: Satoshi
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authors.lastname: Kawata
authors.forename: Tadao
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authors.lastname: Sugiura
authors.forename: Martin J
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authors.lastname: Booth
authors.forename: Mark A A
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authors.lastname: Neil
authors.forename: Rimas
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authors.lastname: Juskaitis
authors.forename: Tony
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authors.lastname: Wilson