Roadmap for optical tweezers [PDF]
JPhys Photonics, 2023 Optical tweezers are tools made of light that enable contactless pushing, trapping, and manipulation of objects, ranging from atoms to space light sails.
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Deep learning for optical tweezers [PDF]
NanophotonicsOptical tweezers exploit light–matter interactions to trap particles ranging from single atoms to micrometer-sized eukaryotic cells. For this reason, optical tweezers are a ubiquitous tool in physics, biology, and nanotechnology.
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Electromagnetic Forces and Torques: From Dielectrophoresis to Optical Tweezers. [PDF]
Chem Rev, 2023 Electromagnetic forces and torques enable many key technologies, including optical tweezers or dielectrophoresis. Interestingly, both techniques rely on the same physical process: the interaction of an oscillating electric field with a particle of matter.
Riccardi M, Martin OJF.
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Generation of Hybrid Optical Trap Array by Holographic Optical Tweezers
Frontiers in Physics, 2021 Enabled by multiple optical traps, holographic optical tweezers can manipulate multiple particles in parallel flexibly. Spatial light modulators are widely used in holographic optical tweezers, in which Gaussian point (GP) trap arrays or special mode ...
Xing Li +12 more
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3D dynamic motion of a dielectric micro-sphere within optical tweezers
Opto-Electronic Advances, 2021 Known as laser trapping, optical tweezers, with nanometer accuracy and pico-newton precision, plays a pivotal role in single bio-molecule measurements and controllable motions of micro-machines.
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Holographic Optical Tweezers: Techniques and Biomedical Applications
Applied Sciences, 2022 Holographic optical tweezers (HOT) is a programmable technique used for manipulation of microsized samples. In combination with computer-generation holography (CGH), a spatial light modulator reshapes the light distribution within the focal area of the ...
Hui-Chi Chen, Chau-Jern Cheng
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Optical Fiber Tweezers: A Versatile Tool for Optical Trapping and Manipulation
Micromachines, 2020 Optical trapping is widely used in different areas, ranging from biomedical applications, to physics and material sciences. In recent years, optical fiber tweezers have attracted significant attention in the field of optical trapping due to their ...
Xiaoting Zhao +4 more
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Theoretical Analysis and Experimental Verification of the Influence of Polarization on Counter-Propagating Optical Tweezers [PDF]
Micromachines, 2023 Counter-propagating optical tweezers are experimental platforms for the frontier exploration of science and precision measurement. The polarization of the trapping beams significantly affects the trapping status. Using the T-matrix method, we numerically
Ming Chen +7 more
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Optical Tweezers: Phototoxicity and Thermal Stress in Cells and Biomolecules [PDF]
Micromachines, 2019 For several decades optical tweezers have proven to be an invaluable tool in the study and analysis of myriad biological responses and applications. However, as with every tool, they can have undesirable or damaging effects upon the very sample they are ...
Alfonso Blázquez-Castro
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Dual-fiber optical tweezers integrating high-sensitivity structured-light displacement measurement system on fiber end-face [PDF]
Scientific ReportsThe dual-fiber optical tweezers have become widespread in trapping, assembling, and sensing due to their simple fabrication process and flexible operation.
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