Affiliation:
1. School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews North HaughSt Andrews KY16 9SS, UK
Abstract
In 1986, Arthur Ashkin and colleagues published a seminal paper in
Optics Letters
, ‘Observation of a single-beam gradient force optical trap for dielectric particles’ which outlined a technique for trapping micrometre-sized dielectric particles using a focused laser beam, a technology which is now termed optical tweezers. This paper will provide a background in optical manipulation technologies and an overview of the applications of optical tweezers. It contains some recent work on the optical manipulation of aerosols and concludes with a critical discussion of where the future might lead this maturing technology.
Subject
General Physics and Astronomy,General Engineering,General Mathematics
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