Optically Trapped Rotors (IMAGE)

University of Exeter

Optically Trapped Rotors

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5 optically trapped rotors positioned in a ring around two freefloating silica beads. The beads can be arbitrarily moved by spinning the rotors in a calculated way. The diameter of the ring is approx the width of a human hair.

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Dave Phillips

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