Title :
New Trends on Optical Fiber Tweezers
Author :
Rodrigues Ribeiro, Rita S. ; Soppera, Olivier ; Gonzalez Oliva, Abel ; Guerreiro, Ariel ; Jorge, Pedro A. S.
Author_Institution :
Fac. de Cienc., Inst. de Eng. de Sist. e Comput.-Tecnol. e Cienc., Univ. do Porto, Porto, Portugal
Abstract :
In the last few decades, optical trapping has played an unique role concerning contactless trapping and manipulation of biological specimens. More recently, optical fiber tweezers (OFTs) are emerging as a desirable alternative to bulk optical systems. In this paper, an overview of the state of the art of OFTs is presented, focusing on the main fabrication methods, their features and main achievements. In addition, new OFTs fabricated by guided wave photo polymerization are reported. Their theoretical and experimental characterization is given and results demonstrating its application in the manipulation of yeast cells and the organelles of plant cells are presented.
Keywords :
bio-optics; biological techniques; botany; cellular biophysics; microorganisms; optical fibre fabrication; polymerisation; radiation pressure; OFT fabrication; biological specimens; contactless manipulation; contactless trapping; guided wave photopolymerization; optical fiber tweezers; optical trapping; plant cell organelles; yeast cells; Biomedical optical imaging; Charge carrier processes; Optical beams; Optical device fabrication; Optical fiber devices; Optical fibers; Chemical Etch; Chemical etch; Focused Ion Beam; Heating and Drawing; Optical Fiber Tweezers; Optical Trapping; Polishing; Two Photon Lithography; focused ion beam; heating and drawing; optical fiber tweezers; optical trapping; polishing; two photon lithography;
Journal_Title :
Lightwave Technology, Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JLT.2015.2448119
