Since the invention of optical tweezers, optical manipulation has advanced significantly in
scientific areas such as atomic physics, optics and biological science. Especially in the past …

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 forces can be used to manipulate biological and colloidal material in a non-contact
manner. This forms the foundation of a wealth of exciting science, particularly in the fields of …

The Airy wavepacket solution for a free particle exhibits propagation invariance and,
surprisingly, acceleration transverse to the propagation direction. Discovered as a solution …

Optical tweezers (OT) have emerged as an essential tool for manipulating single biological
cells and performing sophisticated biophysical/biomechanical characterizations. Distinct …

Optical micromanipulation has engendered some major studies across all of the natural
sciences at the mesoscopic scale. Though over thirty-five years old, the field is finding new …

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 …

Light can influence the motion of particles, from the size of a single cell down to a single
atom. This has led to the field of optical micromanipulation, where one may guide, trap, and …

Massive growth of the microfluidics field has triggered numerous advances in focusing,
separating, ordering, concentrating, and mixing of microparticles. Microfluidic systems …