Optical Fiber Tweezers Fabricated by Guided Wave Photo-Polymerization

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

Authors

Ribeiro, RSR (Author) Other; Queiros, R (Author) Other; Soppera, O (Author) Other; Guerreiro, A (Author) FCUP; Jorge, PAS (Author) FCUP

Journal

Title: Photonics

Vol. 2

Pages: 634-645

Publisher: MDPI

Indexing

ISI Web of Knowledge - 9 Citations

Scopus - 22 Citations

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-00J-Z3M

DOI: 10.3390/photonics2020634

Abstract (EN): In this work the use of guided wave photo-polymerization for the fabrication of novel polymeric micro tips for optical trapping is demonstrated. It is shown that the selective excitation of linear polarized modes, during the fabrication process, has a direct impact on the shape of the resulting micro structures. Tips are fabricated with modes LP02 and LP21 and their shapes and output intensity distribution are compared. The application of the micro structures as optical tweezers is demonstrated with the manipulation of yeast cells.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 12