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15 June 2020 Enhanced optical trapping
Une G. Butaite, Graham M. Gibson, Ying-Lung D. Ho, Mike Taverne, Jonathan M. Taylor, David B. Phillips
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Abstract
Optical tweezers have contributed substantially to the advancement of micro-manipulation. However, they do have restrictions, mainly the limited range of materials that yield to optical trapping. Here we propose a method of employing optically trapped objects to manipulate the surrounding fluid and thus particles freely diffusing within it. We create and investigate a reconfigurable active-feedback system of optically trapped actuators, capable of manipulating translational and rotational motion of one or more nearby free objects.
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Une G. Butaite, Graham M. Gibson, Ying-Lung D. Ho, Mike Taverne, Jonathan M. Taylor, and David B. Phillips "Enhanced optical trapping", Proc. SPIE 11522, Optical Manipulation and Structured Materials Conference 2020, 115221I (15 June 2020); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2573773
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KEYWORDS
Optical tweezers

Particles

Feedback loops

Microfluidics

Actuators

Astronomy

Mathematical modeling

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