Quantum information science and engineering (QISE)—which entails the use of quantum
mechanical states for information processing, communications, and sensing—and the area …

Optical tweezers are tools made of light that enable contactless pushing, trapping, and
manipulation of objects, ranging from atoms to space light sails. Since the pioneering work …

Single molecule fluorescence spectroscopy is at the heart of molecular biophysics research
and the most sensitive biosensing assays. The growing demand for precision medicine and …

With recent advances in nanofabrication technology, various metallic gap structures with
gap widths reaching a few to sub-nanometer, and even 'zero-nanometer', have been …

Optical tweezers have profound importance across fields ranging from manufacturing to
biotechnology. However, the requirement of refractive index contrast and high laser power …

Optical tweezers use the momentum carried by light to exert forces on objects. They have
had a profound impact on a truly diverse range of scientific fields, from biology to …

The pursuit for efficient nanoparticle trapping with low powers has led to optical tweezers
technology moving from the conventional free-space configuration to advanced plasmonic …

Optical trapping with nanostructured metals has allowed for label-free tether-free analysis of
single proteins (and other biomolecules) and their interactions with detector-limited time …

Integrating cavity-enhanced colloidal quantum dots (QDs) into photonic chip devices would
be transformative for advancing room-temperature optoelectronic and quantum photonic …

We use topology optimization and adjoint sensitivity analysis to inversely design plasmonic
nanoapertures for nanoparticle optical trapping. Surprisingly, our algorithm produces a …