• DocumentCode
    3002581
  • Title

    Circulating Optical Particle Trapping Through the Integration of Fiber Optics and Microfluidics

  • Author

    Blakely, J.T. ; Gordon, R. ; Sinton, D.

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. of Victoria, Victoria
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    6-11 May 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    A dual-fiber optic trap is integrated with microfluidics, and stable circulatory particle trapping is observed. The unique circulating and flow-dependant nature of the trap enables active microfluidic mixing as well as particle sorting and control.
  • Keywords
    integrated optics; microfluidics; optical fibres; radiation pressure; dual-fiber optic trap; microfluidics; optical particle trapping; particle sorting; Biomedical optical imaging; Charge carrier processes; Fluid flow; Integrated optics; Microfluidics; Optical control; Optical fibers; Optical mixing; Optical scattering; Particle scattering;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-834-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2007.4452459
  • Filename
    4452459