Manual control of optical tweezer switching for particle trapping and injection

• Main Authors: Pornsuwancharoen, Nithiroth, Youplao, Phichai, Chaiwong, Khomyuth, Phatharacorn, Prateep, Chiangga, Surasak, Koledov, Victor, Ali, Jalil, Aziz, Muhammad Safwan, Suwandee, Senee, Yupapin, Preecha
• Format: Article
• Published: Institution of Engineering and Technology 2018
• Subjects: Q Science (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/85818/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1049/mnl.2017.0891
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

This work presents an optical switching model that the tweezer probe uses for manually switching the controlled by an external switch, in which the upward and downward switching can be operated and simultaneously switched. By using the microring resonator incorporated with the two non-linear phase modulators, the optical tweezer can be generated and the switching probes controlled. The switching time with the table force of ∼2 fs is obtained. The tweezer force and torque are calculated and interpreted for molecule trapping and injecting from and to the trapping and the target surfaces. The relative forces and torques are calculated and plotted. In applications, the specific forces and torques can be controlled to perform the appropriate trapping and injecting. The switching time depends on the external switching module, which may be electronically controlled.