Temporal oscillations of light transmission through dielectric microparticles subjected to optically induced motion

Abstract

We consider light-induced binding and motion of dielectric microparticles in an optical waveguide that gives rise to a back-action effect such as light transmission oscillating with time. Modeling the particles by dielectric slabs allows us to solve the problem analytically and obtain a rich variety of dynamical regimes both for Newtonian and damped motion. This variety is clearly reflected in temporal oscillations of the light transmission. The characteristic frequencies of the oscillations are within the ultrasound range of the order of $10^5$ Hz for micron size particles and injected power of the order of 100 mW. In addition, we consider driven by propagating light dynamics of a dielectric particle inside a Fabry-Perot resonator. These phenomena pave a way for optical driving and monitoring of motion of particles in waveguides and resonators.

arXiv comment8 pages, 11 figures

References in corpus (9)

• Cavity Optomechanics
• Optically Levitating Dielectrics in the Quantum Regime: Theory and Protocols
• Cavity cooling of an optically trapped nanoparticle
• Influence of non-conservative optical forces on the dynamics of optically trapped colloidal spheres: The fountain of probability
• Electromagnetic forces in photonic crystals
• Scattering theory of cooling and heating in opto-mechanical systems
• Controlling dispersion forces between small particles with artificially created random light fields
• Self-Sustained Density Oscillations of Swimming Bacteria Confined in Microchambers
• Cavity Mode Frequencies and Strong Optomechanical Coupling in Two-Membrane Cavity Optomechanics

Cited by in corpus (4)

• Resonant binding of dielectric particles to metal surface without plasmonics
• Giant resonant enhancement of optical binding of dielectric particles
• Giant resonant enhancement of optical binding of dielectric disks
• Fluid photonic crystal from colloidal quantum dots