Title :
Pulsed optical tweezers for levitation and manipulation of stuck biological particles
Author :
Ambardekar, Amol Ashok ; Li, Yong-qing
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., East Carolina Univ., Greenville, NC, USA
Abstract :
We report on optical levitation and manipulation of microscopic particles that are stuck on a glass surface with a pulsed optical tweezers. Both the stuck dielectric beads and biological cells are demonstrated to be levitated.
Keywords :
biological techniques; cellular biophysics; dielectric materials; radiation pressure; biological cells; optical levitation; optical manipulation; pulsed optical tweezers; stuck biological particles; stuck dielectric beads; Biomedical optical imaging; Charge carrier processes; Gas lasers; Glass; Laser beams; Levitation; Optical microscopy; Optical pulses; Power lasers; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-795-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2005.202451
