Nanostructure-enhanced laser tweezers for efficient trapping and alignment of particles

作者:Wilson Benjamin K*; Mentele Tim; Bachar Stephanie; Knouf Emily; Bendoraite Ausra; Tewari Muneesh; Pun Suzie H; Lin Lih Y
来源:Optics Express, 2010, 18(15): 16005-16013.
DOI:10.1364/OE.18.016005

摘要

We propose and demonstrate a purely optical approach to trap and align particles using the interaction of polarized light with periodic nanostructures to generate enhanced trapping force. With a weakly focused laser beam, we observed efficient trapping and transportation of polystyrene beads with sizes ranging from 10 mu m down to 190 nm as well as cancer cell nuclei. In addition, alignment of non-spherical dielectric particles to a 1-D periodic nanostructure was achieved with low laser intensity without attachment to birefringent crystals. Bacterial cells were trapped and aligned with incident optical intensity as low as 17 mu W/mu m(2).

  • 出版日期2010-7-19