Sensitive Force-Detection with Optically-Levitated Microspheres in Vacuum

Andrew A. Geraci; Scott B. Papp; John Kitching

doi:10.1364/OTA.2011.OTMB3

Optics in the Life Sciences
OSA Technical Digest (CD) (Optica Publishing Group, 2011),
paper OTMB3
•https://doi.org/10.1364/OTA.2011.OTMB3

Sensitive Force-Detection with Optically-Levitated Microspheres in Vacuum

Andrew A. Geraci, Scott B. Papp, and John Kitching

Optical Trapping Applications 2011

Monterey, California United States
4–6 April 2011
ISBN: 978-1-55752-909-1

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Abstract

Optically levitated and cooled dielectric microspheres in vacuum show great promise as resonant force detectors with an expected sub-attonewton sensitivity. Hence, they can be used to investigate Casimir forces or for testing non-Newtonian gravity.

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