We review the combinations of optical micro‐manipulation with other techniques and their
classical and emerging applications to non‐contact optical separation and sorting of micro …

This review describes recent research in the application of optical techniques to microfluidic
systems for chemical and biochemical analysis. The “lab-on-a-chip” presents great benefits …

In this work, we demonstrate an optofluidic switch using a microring resonator architecture to
direct particles trapped in the evanescent field of a solid-core waveguide. When excited at …

Waveguide trap** has emerged as a useful technique for parallel and planar transport of
particles and biological cells and can be integrated with lab-on-a-chip applications …

Precise manipulation and sorting of nanomaterials cannot rely on techniques used for micro-
and macro-scale objects because of their nanoscale size, which is smaller than the …

Excitation of TE and TM surface plasmon waves at the interface between the thin anisotropic
film and metal is shown to be possible in the Otto configuration with the anisotropic layer …

We study the delivery of a submicrometre-sized spherical dielectric particle suspended in
water and confined in an evanescent field in the proximity of a glass–water interface. When …

Optical waveguides can be used to trap and transport micro-particles. The particles are held
close to the waveguide surface by the evanescent field and propelled forward. We propose …

We have observed the motion of metallic particles above various optical waveguides
injected by 1064nm radiation. Small gold particles (250nm diameter) are attracted towards …