New Trends on Optical Fiber Tweezers

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2015

Authors

Rodrigues Ribeiro, RSR (Author) Other; Soppera, O (Author) Other; Oliva, AG (Author) Other; Guerreiro, A (Author) FCUP; Jorge, PAS (Author) FCUP

Journal

Title: Journal of Lightwave Technology

Vol. 33

Pages: 3394-3405

ISSN: 0733-8724

Publisher: Optical Society of America

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Other information

Authenticus ID: P-00G-J90

DOI: 10.1109/jlt.2015.2448119

Abstract (EN): In the last few decades, optical trapping has played an unique role concerning contactless trapping and manipulation of biological specimens. More recently, optical fiber tweezers (OFTs) are emerging as a desirable alternative to bulk optical systems. In this paper, an overview of the state of the art of OFTs is presented, focusing on the main fabrication methods, their features and main achievements. In addition, new OFTs fabricated by guided wave photo polymerization are reported. Their theoretical and experimental characterization is given and results demonstrating its application in the manipulation of yeast cells and the organelles of plant cells are presented.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 12