Abstract
We study the behavior of silicon microparticles in a 1064 nm Gaussian-beam optical tweezers, showing that this semiconductor can be used to perform different types of optical manipulation experiments. Depending on the focal position and the laser power used, the particles can present an oscillatory dynamics in the tweezers or can be stably 3D-trapped with a trap stiffness that allows the application of femtoNewton forces with accuracy. A new, to the best of our knowledge, interpretation based on the photoexcitation of electrons in the valence band is proposed to explain the oscillations, and the quantities associated with such dynamics (e.g., amplitude, period, etc.) were characterized as a function of relevant parameters to optical tweezers setups.
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