David McGloin

TL;DR: The use of surface acoustic wave nebulization (SAWN) to load optical traps is demonstrated and it is shown that the droplets sizes produced can be tuned by altering the RF frequency applied to the devices, which leads to more control over the sizes of trapped particles.

TL;DR: In this paper, a holographic optical tweezers experiment is described, which is controlled by gestures that are detected by a Microsoft Kinect sensor, using the Stokes drag method and compared to automated calibrations.

TL;DR: A custom-built STED microscope with automated aberration correction that is capable of 3D super-resolution imaging through thick, highly aberrating tissue is demonstrated and a state of the art image denoising method by block-matching and collaborative filtering to numerically enhance fine object details otherwise mixed with noise and further enhance the image quality is introduced.

TL;DR: In this article, a thorough quantification of the trapping properties of conical refraction optical tweezers is presented, focussing on the trap stiffness and how this varies with trap power and trapped particle location.

TL;DR: Optical tweezers are tools made of light that enable contactless pushing, trapping, and manipulation of objects, ranging from atoms to space light sails as discussed by the authors , and have been employed in a broad range of applications in the life sciences, physics, and engineering.