Grasping and manipulation of a micro-particle using multiple optical traps

• Main Authors: Cheah, Chien Chern, Ta, Quang Minh, Haghighi, Reza
• Other Authors: School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Robotics technology; Microsystems: nano- and micro-technologies
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/80714; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/43439
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

In existing control techniques for optical tweezers, a target particle is directly trapped and manipulated by a single laser beam. However, a typical force generated by an optical trap is extremely small (on the order of piconewtons) and thus it is not sufficient to manipulate a large cell or object...