Demonstration of a fiber-optical light-force trap

1993/11/01 by A. Constable, Jinha Kim, J. Mervis +3 · 3 citations
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Electrowetting and Microfluidic Technologies #Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies #Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics

paper · doi:10.1364/ol.18.001867

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Abstract

We demonstrate a fiber-optical version of a stable three-dimensional light-force trap, which we have used to hold and manipulate small dielectric spheres and living yeast. We show that the trap can be constructed by use of infrared diode lasers with fiber pigtails, without any external optics.

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