Compact optical tweezer with the capability of dynamic control

Alexander Korobtsov
Lebedev Physical Institute, Samara, Russia

Svetlana Kotova
Lebedev Physical Institute, Samara, Russia,
Samara State Aerospace University (SSAU), Russia

Nikolay Losevsky
Lebedev Physical Institute, Samara, Russia,
Samara State Aerospace University (SSAU), Russia

Aleksandra M. Mayorova (Login required)
Lebedev Physical Institute, Samara, Russia,
Samara State Aerospace University (SSAU), Russia

Sergey Samagin
Lebedev Physical Institute, Samara, Russia


Paper #2473 received 2015.06.02; revised manuscript received 2015.06.19; accepted for publication 2015.06.25; published online 2015.06.30.

DOI: 10.18287/jbpe-2015-1-2-154

Abstract

The extension of capabilities towards the formation of controlled complex-shaped optical traps is demonstrated for the compact laser tweezer based on the four-channel LC modulator. The experimental results on the yeast cell manipulation, including the particles larger than 10 μm, are presented. The capture and confinement of the object with the dimensions 37 μm × 13 μm was realized by means of the use of the ellipse-shaped trap. The maximal escape velocity of this object was about 20 μm/s.

Keywords

compact laser tweezers; optical manipulation; liquid crystal modulators; biological microobjects

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