Control and characterisation of a single aerosol droplet in a single-beam gradient-force optical trap
Abstract
Optical tweezers are used to control aerosol droplets, 4–14 μm in diameter, over time frames of hours at trapping powers of less than 10 mW. When coupled with cavity enhanced Raman scattering (CERS), the evolution of the size of a single droplet can be examined with nanometre accuracy. Trapping efficiencies for