1. Optomagnetic forces on YIG/YFeO3 microspheres levitated in chiral hollow-core photonic crystal fibre
- Author
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Chakraborty, Soumya, Wong, Gordon K. L., Oda, Ferdi, Wachter, Vanessa, Kusminskiy, Silvia Viola, Yokosawa, Tadahiro, Hübner, Sabine, Zubiri, Benjamin Apeleo, Spiecker, Erdmann, Distaso, Monica, Russell, Philip St. J., and Joly, Nicolas Y.
- Subjects
Physics - Optics ,Physics - Applied Physics - Abstract
We explore a magnetooptomechanical system consisting of a single magnetic microparticle optically levitated within the core of a helically twisted single-ring hollow-core photonic crystal fibre. We use newly-developed magnetic particles that have a core of antiferromagnetic yttrium-ortho-ferrite (YFeO3) and a shell of ferrimagnetic YIG (Y3Fe5O12) approximately 50 nm thick. Using a 632.8 nm probe beam, we observe optical-torque-induced rotation of the particle and rotation of the magnetization vector in presence of an external static magnetic field. This one-of-a-kind platform opens a path to novel investigations of optomagnetic physics with levitated magnetic particles.
- Published
- 2024