Roadmap for optical tweezers

G Volpe, OM Maragò… - Journal of Physics …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Optical tweezers are tools made of light that enable contactless pushing, trapping, and
manipulation of objects, ranging from atoms to space light sails. Since the pioneering work …

Nonlinear multi-frequency phonon lasers with active levitated optomechanics

T Kuang, R Huang, W Xiong, Y Zuo, X Han, F Nori… - Nature Physics, 2023 - nature.com
Phonon lasers, which exploit coherent amplifications of phonons, are a means to explore
nonlinear phononics, image nanomaterial structures and operate phononic devices …

Nano‐optical tweezers: Methods and applications for trapping single molecules and nanoparticles

JD Kolbow, NC Lindquist, CT Ertsgaard… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Optical tweezers were developed in 1970 by Arthur Ashkin as a tool for the manipulation of
micron‐sized particles. Ashkin's original design was then adapted for a variety of purposes …

Generation and dynamics of soliton and soliton molecules from a VSe2/GO-based fiber laser

B Wang, H Han, L Yu, Y Wang, C Dai - Nanophotonics, 2021 - degruyter.com
Recently, in addition to exploring the application of new saturable absorber devices in fiber
lasers, soliton dynamics has also become a focus of current research. In this article, we …

Programmable photoacoustic patterning of microparticles in air

R Zhang, X Zhao, J Li, D Zhou, H Guo, Z Li… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Optical and acoustic tweezers, despite operating on different physical principles, offer non-
contact manipulation of microscopic and mesoscopic objects, making them essential in …

Optical tweezers and manipulators. Modern concepts and future prospect

BV Sokolenko, NV Shostka, OS Karakchieva - Phys. Usp, 2022 - ufn.ru
The review aims to generalize fundamental concepts that are necessary for understanding
the mechanisms and principles of optical trapping in both liquid media and air. One of the …

Harmonic dual-wavelength and multi-soliton pattern fiber laser based on GO-Sb2Se3 saturable absorbers

B Wang, L Yu, H Han, C Dai, Z Tian, Y Wang - Optics & Laser Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
As new two-dimensional materials, antimony selenide (Sb 2 Se 3) and graphene oxide (GO)
are ideal photoelectric materials due to their appropriate band gap structure and strong light …

All Fiber, High-Energy Mamyshev Oscillator

C Wang, X Li, M Han, S Zhang - Journal of Lightwave …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Mamyshev oscillators (MOs) can produce ultra-short optical pulses. However, achieving
high-energy, stable ultra-short optical pulses with a self-starting in an all-fiber MO remains a …

Expanding gain bandwidth using ion-hybridized fiber for kHz-linewidth single-frequency fiber lasers at S-, C-, and L-bands: design and performance evaluation

Y Ji, J Zhu, J Li, C Yang, W Wang - Optics Express, 2024 - opg.optica.org
Single-frequency fiber lasers at S-, C-, and L-bands play a crucial role in various
applications such as optical network expansion, high-precision metrology, coherent lidar …

Weighing picogram aerosol droplets with an optical balance

O Reich, G David, K Esat, R Signorell - Communications Physics, 2020 - nature.com
Optical traps are used to isolate and manipulate small objects in air and liquids, enabling the
thorough characterization of their properties in situ. However, no broadly applicable …