Optofluidic tweezers: efficient and versatile micro/nano-manipulation tools

Y Zhu, M You, Y Shi, H Huang, Z Wei, T He, S Xiong… - Micromachines, 2023 - mdpi.com
Optical tweezers (OTs) can transfer light momentum to particles, achieving the precise
manipulation of particles through optical forces. Due to the properties of non-contact and …

Advanced optical tweezers on cell manipulation and analysis

S Hu, J Ye, Y Zhao, C Zhu - The European Physical Journal Plus, 2022 - Springer
Optical tweezers (OTs), which generate a variety of fascinating beam patterns, allow
biologists to uncover the natural secrets of human life at single-cell level. Due to its gentle …

[HTML][HTML] Forces in the Interaction of Light with Matter

VE Lembessis, DL Andrews - Applied Sciences, 2024 - mdpi.com
It is well established that the interaction of light with matter generally imparts mechanical
forces and associated torques. Where laser light is involved, such effects can be deployed …

Faster Calculations of Optical Trapping Using Neural Networks Trained by T-Matrix Data: An Application to Micro-and Nanoplastics

S Rezaei, D Bronte Ciriza, A Hassanzadeh… - ACS …, 2024 - ACS Publications
We employ neural networks to improve and speed up optical force calculations for dielectric
particles. The network is first trained on a limited set of data obtained through accurate light …

Stochastic Hopf bifurcations in vacuum optical tweezers

SH Simpson, Y Arita, K Dholakia, P Zemánek - Physical Review A, 2021 - APS
The forces acting on an isotropic microsphere in optical tweezers are effectively
conservative. However, reductions in the symmetry of the particle or trapping field can break …

Simulation and experiment of the trapping trajectory for Janus particles in linearly polarized optical traps

X Gao, C Zhai, Z Lin, Y Chen, H Li, C Hu - Micromachines, 2022 - mdpi.com
The highly focused laser beam is capable of confining micro-sized particle in its focus. This
is widely known as optical trapping. The Janus particle is composed of two hemispheres …

Optical trapping force estimation for the trapped nanowire in optical tweezer by Shack Hartmann sensor

S Birazhandi - Journal of Optics, 2022 - Springer
Measurement of trapping force with Shack Hartmann sensor, which is done in this paper,
offers many advantages. It opens a way for phase and force measurement at the same time …

[PDF][PDF] Light pressure across all scales

A Macchi, OM Maragò - The European Physical Journal Plus, 2021 - Springer
Light pressure was first recognized by Kepler [1] in its explanation of comets tail. Its
understanding lies within the theory of electromagnetism by Maxwell [2] and the …

[PDF][PDF] Electromagnetic scattering calculations for optical trapping and space applications.

P Polimeno, V CRUPI, R SAIJA, OM MARAGÒ, MA IATÌ - 2021 - iris.unime.it
The aim of this thesis is to discuss theoretical approaches and numerical results suitable for
describing some phenomena that characterize the interaction between electromagnetic …