A revolution in optical manipulation

By David G. Grier. Nature, 2003

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Subfields: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Biomedical Engineering

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Optical trapping with structured light: a review (2021, background): “Figure 24(d) schematically illustrates a typical HOT setup that incorporates the use of an SLM.(136,139) The phase pattern for generating an array of 20 by 20 traps (bottom-right inset with a zoom-in image for the trapped microspheres) is Fig.”
Tweezers with a twist (2011, methodology): “However, the wider appeal of using SLMs in tweezers was triggered by Grier and co-workers, who demonstrated the flexibility and ease at which this technique — coined 'holographic optical tweezers' — could be implemente”
Developing optofluidic technology through the fusion of microfluidics and optics (2006, background): “At present, up to 400 particles can be simultaneously manipulate”
Nanometric optical tweezers based on nanostructured substrates (2008, methodology): “has seen this technique become one of the most important modern-day tools for research in the fields of biology, physical chemistry and soft condensed matter physic”
Orbital angular momentum: origins, behavior and applications (2011, methodology): “The manipulation of microscopic objects using optical tweezers has now been transformed by the commercial availability of SLM’s that have photographically produced optics and allow the generation of multiple traps at arbitrary positions with complex spot spread functions [74].”
Dynamic Cell and Microparticle Control via Optoelectronic Tweezers (2007, methodology): “pattern images rather than the holographic techniques that are employed by optical tweezers arrays [4]–[6].”
Twisting of light around rotating black holes (2011, background): “This physical observable, which is present in natural light, finds practical applications in nanotechnolog”
On-chip manipulation of single microparticles, cells, and organisms using surface acoustic waves (2012, methodology): “We treated 100 μL HeLa cell suspensions in five different conditions, respectively: (1) untreated cells (positive control); under SAW radiation for (2) 6 s; (3) 1 min; (4) 10 min; and (5) at 65 °C for 1 h (negative control).”
Isolated optical vortex knots (2010, neutral): “Such techniques are frequently used in sculpting the bright patterns in light beams for applications such as optical trappin”