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Holographic Optical Tweezers

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Abstract

Holographic optical tweezers (HOT) employ a relatively simple form of holographic beam-shaping that produces discrete, point-like intensity peaks in the optical trapping plane, each of which acts as a single optical tweezer. For each tweezer, lateral position and axial position can be determined individually by means of accordingly prepared holograms that split the incident wave front and set propagation angles and divergence properties. After a short discussion on the fundamental concepts of HOT and a brief review of the extensive literature emphasising applications in colloidal sciences, this chapter introduces two novel applications of HOT. The first application addresses the urgent demand for full position and orientation control on rod-shaped bacteria.

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Notes

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    The experiments discussed in this section were performed in collaboration with Mr Florian Hörner within the framework of his diploma thesis (Hörner 2010) and have resulted in a joint publication (Hörner et al. 2010).

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    The viscosity was increased by a factor of 6.0 compared to pure water, using a mixture of 50 % water and 50 % glycerol (Segur and Oberstar 1951).

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Woerdemann, M. (2012). Holographic Optical Tweezers. In: Structured Light Fields. Springer Theses. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-29323-8_7

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