Projecting 3-D Extended Holographic Traps (IMAGE)

Optica

Projecting 3-D Extended Holographic Traps

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A laser beam is imprinted with a hologram in the input pupil of an objective lens. The hologram is projected through the objective's focal plane and comes to a focus along a 3-D curve parameterized by its arc length, s.

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Optics Express

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