Optical tweezers with tips grown at the end of fibers by photopolymerization
Applied Optics, Vol. 48, Issue 15, pp. 2880-2883 (2009)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/AO.48.002880
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Abstract
We present a method to build an optical tip at the end of a single-mode optical fiber. The tip is grown by a self-writing process: photopolymerization by the light coming from the optical fiber. We developed a technique to produce a flat end surface on the tip. The good optical quality of the tip and the output laser beam was demonstrated by the fact that a counterpropagating optical trap could be constructed by using the tips with parameters comparable to regular fiber traps. Because of the small size of the tips, the tweezers require a much smaller space than regular fiber traps.
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OCIS Codes
(060.0060) Fiber optics and optical communications : Fiber optics and optical communications
(180.0180) Microscopy : Microscopy
ToC Category:
Fiber Optics and Optical Communications
History
Original Manuscript: October 8, 2008
Revised Manuscript: April 22, 2009
Manuscript Accepted: April 24, 2009
Published: May 13, 2009
Virtual Issues
Vol. 4, Iss. 7 Virtual Journal for Biomedical Optics
Citation
Sándor Valkai, László Oroszi, and Pál Ormos, "Optical tweezers with tips grown at the end of fibers by photopolymerization," Appl. Opt. 48, 2880-2883 (2009)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ao/abstract.cfm?URI=ao-48-15-2880
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