Interactive approach to optical tweezers control
Applied Optics, Vol. 45, Issue 5, pp. 897-903 (2006)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/AO.45.000897
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Abstract
We have developed software with an interactive user interface that can be used to generate phase holograms for use with spatial light modulators. The program utilizes different hologram design techniques, allowing the user to select an appropriate algorithm. The program can be used to generate multiple beams and can be used for beam steering. We see a major application of the program to be in optical tweezers to control the position, number, and type of optical traps.
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OCIS Codes
(090.1970) Holography : Diffractive optics
(140.7010) Lasers and laser optics : Laser trapping
(170.4520) Medical optics and biotechnology : Optical confinement and manipulation
ToC Category:
Optical Trapping and Tweezing
History
Original Manuscript: May 11, 2005
Revised Manuscript: June 30, 2005
Manuscript Accepted: September 5, 2005
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Citation
Jonathan Leach, Kurt Wulff, Gavin Sinclair, Pamela Jordan, Johannes Courtial, Laura Thomson, Graham Gibson, Kayode Karunwi, Jon Cooper, Zsolt John Laczik, and Miles Padgett, "Interactive approach to optical tweezers control," Appl. Opt. 45, 897-903 (2006)
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