Propulsive effects of light, which often remain unnoticed in our daily-life experience, manifest
themselves on spatial scales ranging from subatomic to astronomical. Light-mediated forces …

Over the past few years, progress in hollow-core optical fiber technology has reduced the
attenuation of these fibers to levels comparable to those of all-solid silica-core single-mode …

Arrays of optically trapped nanoparticles have emerged as a platform for the study of
complex nonequilibrium phenomena. Analogous to atomic many-body systems, one of the …

Optical tweezers employing forces produced by light underpin important manipulation tools
employed in numerous areas of applied and biological physics. Conventional optical …

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 …

Optical manipulation and detection of nanoscale biospecimen such as organic
nanoparticles, biomolecules, bacterial viruses, and subcellular nanostructures, is crucial in …

By isolating from the environment and precisely controlling mesoscopic objects, levitation in
vacuum has evolved into a versatile technique that has already benefited diverse scientific …

Spatial manipulation of a precise number of viruses for host cell infection is essential for the
extensive studies of virus pathogenesis and evolution. Albeit optical tweezers have been …

Methods for controlling the motion of single particles, optically levitated in vacuum, have
developed rapidly in recent years. The technique of cold damping makes use of feedback …

Optically levitated nanoparticles in a vacuum offer a light–matter interface with broad and
easy tunability of all key system parameters. However, the majority of previously reported …