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    Intracavity optical trapping with ytterbium doped fiber
    (SPIE, 2013) Laser, R.; Sayed, R.; Kalantarifard, Fatemeh; Elahi P.; İlday, F. Ömer; Volpe, Giovanni; Marago O.M.
    We propose a novel approach for trapping micron-sized particles and living cells based on optical feedback. This approach can be implemented at low numerical aperture (NA=0.5, 20X) and long working distance. In this configuration, an optical tweezers is constructed inside a ring cavity fiber laser and the optical feedback in the ring cavity is controlled by the light scattered from a trapped particle. In particular, once the particle is trapped, the laser operation, optical feedback and intracavity power are affected by the particle motion. We demonstrate that using this configuration is possible to stably hold micron-sized particles and single living cells in the focal spot of the laser beam. The calibration of the optical forces is achieved by tracking the Brownian motion of a trapped particle or cell and analysing its position distribution. © 2013 SPIE.
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    Studies of polymer microring lasers subject to uniaxial stress
    (2007) Tulek, A.; Vardeny, Z.V.
    The emission spectra of microring lasers fabricated from π -conjugated polymer films casted on nylon microfibers with diameters in the range of 35-90 μm were studied upon application of uniaxial stress with strain up to ∼12%. The laser emission spectra substantially change with the applied stress, showing enhanced sensitivity to stress over changes induced in the fiber diameter alone. This is explained as due to the induced change in the polymer refractive index spectrum upon stress, causing an unexpected increase in the refractive index dispersion and, consequently, also in the effective refraction index for lasing at emission wavelengths. © 2007 American Institute of Physics.