Optical tweezers in space

Author

Resnick, A.

Author_Institution

Fed. Data Corp., Brook Park, OH, USA

fYear

2001

fDate

11-11 May 2001

Firstpage

369

Abstract

Summary form only given. A compact optical tweezer package has been developed for use on a microscope to be flown on the International Space Station as part of a series of experiments in colloid crystalization. A brief introduction to the principles of single-beam optical tweezer operation is presented, after which a detailed system layout is shown. Special design requirements due to the spaceflight nature of the hardware are also discussed. This is the first time optical tweezers are deployed in a microgravity environment.

Keywords

laser beam effects; lenses; optical design techniques; optical microscopes; quantum optics; radiation pressure; space vehicles; zero gravity experiments; International Space Station; beam expander; beam steerer; colloid crystalization; compact optical tweezer package; design requirements; entrance pupil; hardware; laser; laser tweezer design; microgravity environment; microscope; microscope objective lens; objective lens; optical tweezers; single-beam optical tweezer operation; space; space-flight nature; steering plane; system layout; system mapping; H infinity control; Interference; Laser beams; Lenses; Optical filters; Optical microscopy; Optical scattering; Optical vortices; Packaging machines; Structural beams;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2001. CLEO '01. Technical Digest. Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-662-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2001.947930

Filename

947930