Title :
New directions in optical trapping with microfluidics
Author :
Dholakia, Kishan
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Phys. & Astron., Saint Andrews Univ.
Abstract :
An overview of novel methods for creating optical traps and optical landscapes for performing optical sorting experiments in both microfluidic flows and static geometries as well as deploying novel sources and forms of light beams for biophysics is presented
Keywords :
flow visualisation; microfluidics; molecular biophysics; radiation pressure; biophysics; microfluidics; optical landscapes; optical sorting; optical trapping; Biomedical optical imaging; Charge carrier processes; Microfluidics; Optical arrays; Optical polymers; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Sorting; Surface emitting lasers; Ultrafast optics; Bessel beams; fractionation; optical sorting; optical trapping; photoporation; two photon excitation;
Conference_Titel :
LEOS Summer Topical Meetings, 2006 Digest of the
Conference_Location :
Quebec City, Que.
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0090-2
DOI :
10.1109/LEOSST.2006.1693952
