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 pulling forces and their applications

H Li, Y Cao, LM Zhou, X Xu, T Zhu, Y Shi… - Advances in Optics …, 2020‏ - opg.optica.org
Optical manipulations utilizing the mechanical effect of light have been indispensable in
various disciplines. Among those various manipulations, optical pulling has emerged …

Searching for new physics using optically levitated sensors

DC Moore, AA Geraci - Quantum Science and Technology, 2021‏ - iopscience.iop.org
We describe a variety of searches for new physics beyond the standard model of particle
physics which may be enabled in the coming years by the use of optically levitated masses …

Search for composite dark matter with optically levitated sensors

F Monteiro, G Afek, D Carney, G Krnjaic, J Wang… - Physical Review Letters, 2020‏ - APS
Results are reported from a search for a class of composite dark matter models with feeble
long-range interactions with normal matter. We search for impulses arising from passing …

Force and acceleration sensing with optically levitated nanogram masses at microkelvin temperatures

F Monteiro, W Li, G Afek, C Li, M Mossman, DC Moore - Physical Review A, 2020‏ - APS
This paper demonstrates cooling of the center-of-mass motion of 10-μ m-diameter optically
levitated silica spheres to an effective temperature of 50±22 μ K, achieved by minimizing the …

Nanoscale electric field sensing using a levitated nano-resonator with net charge

S Zhu, Z Fu, X Gao, C Li, Z Chen, Y Wang… - Photonics …, 2023‏ - opg.optica.org
The nanomechanical resonator based on a levitated particle exhibits unique advantages in
the development of ultrasensitive electric field detectors. We demonstrate a three …

Controlling optomechanical libration with the degree of polarization

JA Zielińska, F van der Laan, A Norrman… - Physical Review Letters, 2023‏ - APS
Control of the potential energy and free evolution lie at the heart of levitodynamics as key
requirements for sensing, wave function expansion, and mechanical squeezing protocols …

Optical trap** of high-aspect-ratio NaYF hexagonal prisms for kHz-MHz gravitational wave detectors

G Winstone, Z Wang, S Klomp, RG Felsted, A Laeuger… - Physical review …, 2022‏ - APS
We present experimental results on optical trap** of Yb-doped β-NaYF subwavelength-
thickness high-aspect-ratio hexagonal prisms with a micron-scale radius. The prisms are …

Robust optical-levitation-based metrology of nanoparticle's position and mass

Y Zheng, LM Zhou, Y Dong, CW Qiu, XD Chen… - Physical review …, 2020‏ - APS
Light has shown an incredible capability in precision measurement based on optomechanic
interaction in high vacuum by isolating environment noises. However, there are still …

Near-field GHz rotation and sensing with an optically levitated nanodumbbell

P Ju, Y **, K Shen, Y Duan, Z Xu, X Gao, X Ni, T Li - Nano letters, 2023‏ - ACS Publications
A levitated nonspherical nanoparticle in a vacuum is ideal for studying quantum rotations
and is an ultrasensitive torque detector for probing fundamental particle–surface …