Optical tweezers—from calibration to applications: a tutorial

J Gieseler, JR Gomez-Solano, A Magazzù… - Advances in Optics …, 2021‏ - opg.optica.org
Since their invention in 1986 by Arthur Ashkin and colleagues, optical tweezers have
become an essential tool in several fields of physics, spectroscopy, biology …

Optical tweezers: theory and practice

G Pesce, PH Jones, OM Maragò, G Volpe - The European Physical …, 2020‏ - Springer
The possibility for the manipulation of many different samples using only the light from a
laser beam opened the way to a variety of experiments. The technique, known as Optical …

[HTML][HTML] The advancement of blood cell research by optical tweezers

T Avsievich, R Zhu, A Popov, A Bykov, I Meglinski - Reviews in Physics, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Demonstration of the light radiation pressure on a microscopic level by A. Ashkin led to the
invention of optical tweezers (OT). Applied in the studies of living systems, OT have become …

Step-by-step guide to the realization of advanced optical tweezers

G Pesce, G Volpe, OM Maragó, PH Jones… - Journal of the Optical …, 2015‏ - opg.optica.org
Since the pioneering work of Arthur Ashkin, optical tweezers (OT) have become an
indispensable tool for contactless manipulation of micro-and nanoparticles. Nowadays OT …

Compact ultrafast semiconductor disk laser: targeting GFP based nonlinear applications in living organisms

R Aviles-Espinosa, G Filippidis, C Hamilton… - Biomedical optics …, 2011‏ - opg.optica.org
We present a portable ultrafast Semiconductor Disk Laser (SDL)(or vertical extended cavity
surface emitting laser—VECSELs), to be used for nonlinear microscopy. The SDL is …

Multiphoton imaging with blue-diode-pumped SESAM-modelocked Ti: sapphire oscillator generating 5 nJ 82 fs pulses

A Rohrbacher, OE Olarte, V Villamaina… - Optics …, 2017‏ - opg.optica.org
We report a directly blue diode pumped Ti: Sapphire oscillator that generates 5 nJ pulses.
This is five times higher pulse energy than previously reported for a directly diode pumped …

A novel culture method that sustains ERα signaling in human breast cancer tissue microstructures

AL Cartaxo, MF Estrada, G Domenici, R Roque… - Journal of Experimental …, 2020‏ - Springer
Background Estrogen receptor α (ERα) signaling is a defining and driving event in most
breast cancers; ERα is detected in malignant epithelial cells of 75% of all breast cancers …

[HTML][HTML] Label-free imaging through nonlinear optical signals

L Tong, JX Cheng - Materials Today, 2011‏ - Elsevier
Strong intrinsic nonlinear optical (NLO) signals not only make nanostructures promising
agents for bio-imaging, but also advance NLO microscopy for the study of interactions …

Optical tweezers: A comprehensive tutorial from calibration to applications

J Gieseler, JR Gomez-Solano, A Magazzù… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2020‏ - arxiv.org
Since their invention in 1986 by Arthur Ashkin and colleagues, optical tweezers have
become an essential tool in several fields of physics, spectroscopy, biology …

Estimating the helical pitch angle of amylopectin in starch using polarization secondharmonic generation microscopy

S Psilodimitrakopoulos, I Amat-Roldan… - Journal of …, 2010‏ - iopscience.iop.org
Starch granules are among the brightest natural second harmonic generation (SHG)
converters. They basically consist of amylose and amylopectin molecules and the source of …