Accounting for polarization in the calibration of a donut beam axial optical tweezers. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 Advances in light shaping techniques are leading to new tools for optical trapping and micromanipulation. For example, optical tweezers made from Laguerre-Gaussian or donut beams display an increased axial trap strength and can impart angular momentum to
Russell Pollari, Joshua N Milstein
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Linear microrheology with optical tweezers of living cells 'is not an option'! [PDF]
, 2015 Optical tweezers have been successfully adopted as exceptionally sensitive transducers for microrheology studies of complex fluids. Despite the general trend, in this article I explain why a similar approach should not be adopted for microrheology ...
Tassieri, Manlio
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Ultra-short bandwidth optical tweezer generation using GaAs ring resonator system
Results in Physics, 2019 In this article, the modified add/drop multiplexer system as ring resonator is proposed for optical tweezers generation. The entire effect is analyzed by the nonlinear existence of the proposed structure.
I.S. Amiri +3 more
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Ray Optics Model for Optical Trapping of Biconcave Red Blood Cells
Micromachines, 2022 Red blood cells (RBCs) or erythrocytes are essential for oxygenating the peripherical tissue in the human body. Impairment of their physical properties may lead to severe diseases. Optical tweezers have in experiments been shown to be a powerful tool for
Riccardo Tognato, Philip H. Jones
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Dynamic stereo microscopy for studying particle sedimentation [PDF]
, 2014 We demonstrate a new method for measuring the sedimentation of a single colloidal bead by using a combination of optical tweezers and a stereo microscope based on a spatial light modulator.
Ashkin +25 more
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Manipulation of Biological Cells Using a Robot-Aided Optical Tweezers System
Micromachines, 2018 This article reviews the autonomous manipulation strategies of biological cells utilizing optical tweezers, mainly including optical direct and indirect manipulation strategies. The typical and latest achievements in the optical manipulation of cells are
Mingyang Xie +2 more
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Independent trapping and manipulation of microparticles using dexterous acoustic tweezers [PDF]
, 2014 An electronically controlled acoustic tweezer was used to demonstrate two acoustic manipulation phenomena: superposition of Bessel functions to allow independent manipulation of multiple particles and the use of higher-order Bessel functions to trap ...
Cochran, Sandy +6 more
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Moving live dissociated neurons with an optical tweezer [PDF]
, 2009 The use of an optical tweezer for moving dissociated neurons was studied. The main features of the tweezers are outlined as well as the general principles of its operation.
Chow, Gary, Pine, Jerome
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Genetic Material Manipulation and Modification by Optical Trapping and Nanosurgery-A Perspective
Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2020 Light can be employed as a tool to alter and manipulate matter in many ways. An example has been the implementation of optical trapping, the so called optical tweezers, in which light can hold and move small objects with 3D control.
Alfonso Blázquez-Castro +9 more
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The effect of external forces on discrete motion within holographic optical tweezers [PDF]
, 2007 Holographic optical tweezers is a widely used technique to manipulate the individual positions of optically trapped micron-sized particles in a sample.
Eriksson, E. +4 more
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