• DocumentCode
    2988464
  • Title

    Pulsed optical tweezers for levitation and manipulation of stuck biological particles

  • Author

    Ambardekar, Amol Ashok ; Li, Yong-qing

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., East Carolina Univ., Greenville, NC, USA
  • Volume
    3
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    22-27 May 2005
  • Firstpage
    2302
  • Abstract
    We report on optical levitation and manipulation of microscopic particles that are stuck on a glass surface with a pulsed optical tweezers. Both the stuck dielectric beads and biological cells are demonstrated to be levitated.
  • Keywords
    biological techniques; cellular biophysics; dielectric materials; radiation pressure; biological cells; optical levitation; optical manipulation; pulsed optical tweezers; stuck biological particles; stuck dielectric beads; Biomedical optical imaging; Charge carrier processes; Gas lasers; Glass; Laser beams; Levitation; Optical microscopy; Optical pulses; Power lasers; Ultrafast optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-795-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2005.202451
  • Filename
    1573517