Optical tweezers, a simple and robust implementation of optical micromanipulation
technologies, have become a standard tool in biological, medical and physics research …

Spatial light modulators, as dynamic flat-panel optical devices, have witnessed rapid
development over the past two decades, concomitant with the advancements in micro-and …

The phenomenon of light's momentum was first observed in the laboratory at the beginning
of the twentieth century, and its potential for manipulating microscopic particles was …

Highly efficient counter-propagating fiber-based optical traps are presented which utilize
converging beams from fibers with 3D printed diffractive Fresnel lenses on their facet. The …

During the last decade, optical tweezers have been transformed by the combined availability
of spatial light modulators and the speed of low-cost computing to drive them. Holographic …

Trapping a single aerosol particle allows detailed investigation of its fundamental properties
over extended time periods without external interferences. Optical trapping has developed …

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 …

Optical trapping and manipulation of objects down to the Ångstrom level has revolutionized
research at the smallest scales in all natural sciences. The flexibility of optical trapping …

Optics is usually integrated into robotics as part of intelligent vision systems. At the
microscale, however, optical forces can cause significant acceleration and so optical …

We report the first experimental realization of all-optical trapping and manipulation of
plasmonic nanowires in three dimensions. The optical beam used for trapping is the Fourier …