Publication Date:
2018-06-08
Description:
A method of systematically controlling the rotational state of a sample levitated in a high vacuum using the photon pressure is described. A zirconium sphere was levitated in the high-temperature electrostatic levitator and it was rotated by irradiating it with a narrow beam of a high power laser on a spot off the center of mass.
Keywords:
Instrumentation and Photography
Type:
Review of Scientific Instruments
Format:
text
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