Optical trapping with structured light : a review
Date
17/05/2021Metadata
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Optical trapping describes the interaction between light and matter to manipulate micro-objects through momentum transfer. In the case of 3D trapping with a single beam, this is termed optical tweezers. Optical tweezers are a powerful and noninvasive tool for manipulating small objects, and have become indispensable in many fields, including physics, biology, soft condensed matter, among others. In the early days, optical trapping was typically accomplished with a single Gaussian beam. In recent years, we have witnessed rapid progress in the use of structured light beams with customized phase, amplitude, and polarization in optical trapping. Unusual beam properties, such as phase singularities on-axis and propagation invariant nature, have opened up novel capabilities to the study of micromanipulation in liquid, air, and vacuum. We summarize the recent advances in the field of optical trapping using structured light beams.
Citation
Yang , Y , Ren , Y-X , Chen , M , Arita , Y & Rosales-Guzmán , C 2021 , ' Optical trapping with structured light : a review ' , Advanced Photonics , vol. 3 , no. 3 , 034001 . https://doi.org/10.1117/1.ap.3.3.034001
Publication
Advanced Photonics
Status
Peer reviewed
ISSN
2577-5421Type
Journal item
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Funding: This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (11874102 and 61975047), the Sichuan Province Science and Technology Support Program (2020JDRC0006), and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (ZYGX2019J102). M.C. and Y.A. thank the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council for funding.Collections
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