Optical Fiber Tweezers Fabricated by Guided Wave Photo-Polymerization
Open Access
- 12 June 2015
- Vol. 2 (2), 634-645
- https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics2020634
Abstract
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.Keywords
This publication has 24 references indexed in Scilit:
- Non-contact fiber-optical trapping of motile bacteria: dynamics observation and energy estimationScientific Reports, 2014
- Multi-Dimensional Manipulation of Yeast Cells Using a LP$_{11}$ Mode BeamJournal of Lightwave Technology, 2014
- Integrated microfluidic device for single-cell trapping and spectroscopyScientific Reports, 2013
- Advanced optical trapping by complex beam shapingLaser & Photonics Reviews, 2013
- Laser Processing by Using Diffractive Optical Laser Beam Shaping TechniqueJournal of Laser Micro/Nanoengineering, 2011
- Tailoring Gaussian Laser Beam Shape Through Controlled Etching of Single-Mode and Multimode Fibers: Simulation and Experimental StudiesIEEE Sensors Journal, 2011
- Tapered fiber optical tweezers for microscopic particle trapping: fabrication and applicationOptics Express, 2006
- Axicon lens on optical fiber forming optical tweezers, made by focused ion beam millingMicroelectronic Engineering, 2006
- Optical trappingReview of Scientific Instruments, 2004
- Laser Beam ShapingOptics and Photonics News, 2003