History of optical trapping and manipulation of small-neutral particle, atoms, and molecules

By A. Ashkin. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, 2000

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Subfields: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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Coherent mixing of mechanical excitations in nano-optomechanical structures (2009, background): “, it has been realized that guided wave nanostructures can also be used to generate extremely large per-photon optical forces via the gradient optical forc”
Optical trapping and manipulation of nanostructures. (2013, methodology): “) Wavelength (nm) (6,4) (9,1) (8,3) (6,5)”
Direct measurements of the extraordinary optical momentum and transverse spin-dependent force using a nano-cantilever (2015, background): “We emphasize that the force we measure is neither the z -directed radiation-pressure (scattering) force [1–7,23–25], nor the gradient x -directed force used for optical trapping [3,4,23], but a novel type of optical force orthogonal to both the propagation and inhomogeneity directions.”
Extraordinary momentum and spin in evanescent waves (2013, background): “but does produce a helicity-dependent transverse force (10) ~Fy / py (f) in higher-order interactions with larger Mie particles (see Fig.”
Quantum metrology and its application in biology (2014, background): “en cause cell death (for a good recent review, see Ref. [17]). Optical destruction of a cell during experiments is sometimes referred to as \opticution", and is a serious concern in many studies [124, 11]. Even if the cell remains alive, optical damage can permanently disrupt cellular function.”
Actuation of micro-optomechanical systems via cavity-enhanced optical dipole forces (2007, background): “The resulting cavity-enhanced optical dipole force is not a simple gradient force, such as that found in the laser tweezing of wavelength-scale dielectric particle”
Stochastic mechano-chemical kinetics of molecular motors: A multidisciplinary enterprise from a physicist’s perspective (2012, background): “Mechanical manipulation of a single biomolecule ↙ ↘ Mechanical transducers Field-based transducers ↙ ↘ ↙ ↘ SFM Micro-needle EM-field Flow-field ↙ ↘ Electric field Magnetic field The existence of the “gradient” force, which is exploited in setting up an optical trap, was discovered accidentally [2160”
Optical tweezers: theory and practice (2020, background): “The magnitude of these effects was, however, so small that they were considered insignificant for any practical use [6].”