Publications

Schultz, Justin S.; Claussen, Neil C.; Schwindt, Peter S.

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Grine, Alejandro J.; Serkland, Darwin K.; Schultz, Justin S.; Wood, Michael G.; Finnegan, Patrick S.; Weatherred, Scott E.; Peake, Gregory M.; Sandoval, Annette S.; Alliman, Darrel A.; Li, Tongcang L.; Seberson, Troy S.

This report details results of a one-year LDRD to understand the dynamics, figures of merit, and fabrication possibilities for levitating a micro-scale, disk-shaped dielectric in an optical field. Important metrics are the stability, positional uncertainty, and required optical power to maintain levitation. Much of the results are contained in a publication written by our academic alliance collaborators. Initial structures were grown at Sandia labs and a test fabrication flow was executed. Owing to our strength in VCSEL lasers, we were particularly interested in calculations and fabrication flows that could be compatible with a VCSEL light source.