Orientation of biological cells using plane-polarized gaussian beam optical tweezers

By S. Bayoudh, T. Nieminen, N. Heckenberg, Halina Rubinsztein-Dunlop. 2003

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Abstract Optical tweezers are widely used for the manipulation of cells and their internal structures. However, the degree of manipulation possible is limited by poor control over the orientation of the trapped cells. We show that it is possible to controllably align or rotate disc-shaped cells—chloroplasts of Spinacia oleracea—in a plane-polarized Gaussian beam trap, using optical torques resulting predominantly from circular polarization induced in the transmitted beam by the non-spherical shape of the cells.

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

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In Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

1. Halina Rubinsztein-Dunlop
2. T. Nieminen
3. N. Heckenberg
4. Miles J. Padgett
5. K. Bliokh
6. Franco Nori

In Biomedical Engineering

1. Halina Rubinsztein-Dunlop
2. T. Nieminen
3. N. Heckenberg
4. Miles J. Padgett
5. K. Bliokh
6. Franco Nori

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• Optical tweezers computational toolbox (2007, methodology): “…on computational light scattering using the T -matrix method by Mishchenko et al. (2004) lists only four papers applying the method to optical tweezers (Bayoudh et al. 2003, Bishop et al. 2003, Nieminen, Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Heckenberg & Bishop 2001, Nieminen, Rubinsztein-Dunlop & Heckenberg 2001).”