Axial control of irregularly shaped microscopic objects with light beams in high-order Cartesian modes

Enrique J. Galvez; Adam Weiss; George Newbury; Patrick J. Crawford; Henry I. Sztul

doi:10.1117/12.559989

18 October 2004 Axial control of irregularly shaped microscopic objects with light beams in high-order Cartesian modes

Enrique J. Galvez, Adam Weiss, George Newbury, Patrick J. Crawford, Henry I. Sztul

Proceedings Volume 5514, Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.559989
Event: Optical Science and Technology, the SPIE 49th Annual Meeting, 2004, Denver, Colorado, United States

Abstract

We used laser beams in high-order Hermite-Gaussian modes in an optical tweezer to trap and manipulate irregular micron-sized objects. The orientation of the objects was controlled by the opto-mechanical manipulation of the mode.

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Enrique J. Galvez, Adam Weiss, George Newbury, Patrick J. Crawford, and Henry I. Sztul "Axial control of irregularly shaped microscopic objects with light beams in high-order Cartesian modes", Proc. SPIE 5514, Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation, (18 October 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.559989

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