Optical tweezers with increased trapping efficiency

N. B. Simpson; L. Allen; M. J. Padgett

Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics
OSA Technical Digest (Optica Publishing Group, 1997),
paper CTuD7

Optical tweezers with increased trapping efficiency

N. B. Simpson, L. Allen, and M. J. Padgett

Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics 1997

Baltimore, Maryland United States
18–23 May 1997
ISBN: 1-55752-498-8

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N. B. Simpson, L. Allen, and M. J. Padgett, "Optical tweezers with increased trapping efficiency," in Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, D. Killinger, G. Valley, C. Chang-Hasnain, and W. Knox, eds., Vol. 11 of OSA Technical Digest (Optica Publishing Group, 1997), paper CTuD7.

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Abstract

The standard configuration for an optical tweezers arrangement uses a fundamental TEM0.0 laser mode as the trapping beam. However, even modest laser powers may result in damage, or “opticution,” of delicate biological samples.

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