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

Volume

33

Issue

16

fYear

2015

fDate

Aug.15, 15 2015

Firstpage

3394

Lastpage

3405

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;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JLT.2015.2448119

Filename

7130565