TY - JOUR
T1 - Dynamic holographic optical tweezers
AU - Curtis, Jennifer E.
AU - Koss, Brian A.
AU - Grier, David G.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was funded by a sponsored research grant from Arryx Inc., using equipment purchased under Grant Number 991705 from the W.M. Keck Foundation. The spatial light modulator used in this study was made available by Hamamatsu Corp., as a loan to The University of Chicago. Additional funding was provided by the National Science Foundation through Grant Number DMR-9730189, and by the MRSEC program of the National Science Foundation through Grant Number DMR-980595.
Copyright:
Copyright 2017 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2002/6/15
Y1 - 2002/6/15
N2 - Optical trapping is an increasingly important technique for controlling and probing matter at length scales ranging from nanometers to millimeters. This paper describes methods for creating large numbers of high-quality optical traps in arbitrary three-dimensional configurations and for dynamically reconfiguring them under computer control. In addition to forming conventional optical tweezers, these methods also can sculpt the wavefront of each trap individually, allowing for mixed arrays of traps based on different modes of light, including optical vortices, axial line traps, optical bottles and optical rotators. The ability to establish large numbers of individually structured optical traps and to move them independently in three dimensions promises exciting new opportunities for research, engineering, diagnostics, and manufacturing at mesoscopic lengthscales.
AB - Optical trapping is an increasingly important technique for controlling and probing matter at length scales ranging from nanometers to millimeters. This paper describes methods for creating large numbers of high-quality optical traps in arbitrary three-dimensional configurations and for dynamically reconfiguring them under computer control. In addition to forming conventional optical tweezers, these methods also can sculpt the wavefront of each trap individually, allowing for mixed arrays of traps based on different modes of light, including optical vortices, axial line traps, optical bottles and optical rotators. The ability to establish large numbers of individually structured optical traps and to move them independently in three dimensions promises exciting new opportunities for research, engineering, diagnostics, and manufacturing at mesoscopic lengthscales.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0030-4018(02)01524-9
DO - 10.1016/S0030-4018(02)01524-9
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0037097482
VL - 207
SP - 169
EP - 175
JO - Optics Communications
JF - Optics Communications
SN - 0030-4018
IS - 1-6
ER -