Title :
Optical trapping with Bessel beams generated from semiconductor lasers
Author :
Sokolovskii, G.S. ; Dudelev, V.V. ; Losev, S.N. ; Soboleva, K.K. ; Deryagin, A.G. ; Viktorov, E.A. ; Kuchinskii, V.I. ; Sibbett, W. ; Rafailov, E.U.
Author_Institution :
Ioffe Phys.-Tech. Inst., St. Petersburg, Russia
Abstract :
In this paper, we demonstrate, for the first time to the best of our knowledge, utilization of Bessel beams generated from a semiconductor laser for optical trapping and manipulation of microscopic particles including living cells.
Keywords :
cellular biophysics; laser beams; radiation pressure; semiconductor lasers; Bessel beams; living cells; microscopic particles; optical trapping; semiconductor lasers; Charge carrier processes; Laser beams; Measurement by laser beam; Optical imaging; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Semiconductor lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA