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Microfabricated water immersion zone plate optical tweezer

Ethan Schonbrun, +2 more
- 21 Feb 2008 - 
- Vol. 92, Iss: 7, pp 071112
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In this paper, a micro-fabricated Fresnel zone plate was used to trap 2μm diameter beads in water with stiffness comparable to conventional optical tweezers.
Abstract
We demonstrate the trapping of beads in water with a microfabricated Fresnel zone plate. Beads are loaded onto the microfabricated optical traps using conventional optical tweezers and fluorescence microscopy is used to track bead position. Analysis of the bead position as a function of time is used to determine trapping stiffness. We present experiments showing the three-dimensional trapping of 2μm diameter beads with trapping stiffnesses that are comparable to conventional optical tweezers when the zone plate efficiency is taken into account.

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Joseph W. Goodman, +1 more
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TL;DR: The second edition of this respected text considerably expands the original and reflects the tremendous advances made in the discipline since 1968 as discussed by the authors, with a special emphasis on applications to diffraction, imaging, optical data processing, and holography.
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Introduction to Fourier optics

TL;DR: The second edition of this respected text considerably expands the original and reflects the tremendous advances made in the discipline since 1968 as discussed by the authors, with a special emphasis on applications to diffraction, imaging, optical data processing, and holography.
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