Optical levitation and controlled rotation of dielectric spheres may be applied in tiny precision sensors. In addition to demonstrating rotation at a MHz rate, the system developed in this work… Click to show full abstract
Optical levitation and controlled rotation of dielectric spheres may be applied in tiny precision sensors. In addition to demonstrating rotation at a MHz rate, the system developed in this work displays extremely low dissipation, a prerequisite to building microscopic gyroscopes.
               
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