Title :
Optical manipulation of microparticles using graded-index fiber taper and its microfluidic sensing application
Author :
Yuan Gong ; Chenlin Zhang ; Qunfeng Liu ; Yu Wu ; Yunjiang Rao
Author_Institution :
Key Lab. of Opt. Sensing & Commun. (Minist. of Educ.), Univ. of Electron. Sci. & Technol. of China, Chengdu, China
Abstract :
Contactless optical manipulation of microparticles is demonstrated based on graded-index multimode fiber taper, which is further applied for microfluidic flow rate sensing. The manipulation length can be as long as 177.0 μm.
Keywords :
fibre optic sensors; gradient index optics; micro-optics; microfluidics; microsensors; radiation pressure; refractive index; contactless optical manipulation; graded-index multimode fiber taper; microfluidic flow rate sensing; microparticles; size 177.0 mum; Biomedical optical imaging; Optical device fabrication; Optical fiber sensors; Optical fibers; Optical imaging;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
