Optical tweezers are devices that use a single, strongly focused laser beam for the remote,
noncontact trapping and manipulation of microscopic objects. Since the first demonstration …

We show that a freestyle laser trap, including high-intensity and phase gradient forces along
arbitrary curves, is able to confine multiple particles and drive their motion with the ability to …

The development of optical manipulation techniques focused on the confinement and
transport of micro/nano-particles has attracted increased interest in the last decades. In …

This paper is the first review of haptic optical tweezers, a new technique which associates
force feedback teleoperation with optical tweezers. This technique allows users to explore …

Holographic optical tweezers are a powerful optical trapping and manipulation tool in
numerous applications such as life science and colloidal physics. However, imperfections in …

Since their first appearance in the 1970s (Ashkin, 1970), optical tweezers (OT) have been
extensively developed and have proved to be an invaluable tool for a variety of applications …

We introduce a concept of aberration correction under microscopy that is based on
observation of circular Brownian motion of an object driven by orbital angular momentum of …

The combination of optical manipulation and three-dimensional imaging is a central
technique in fields ranging from medicine to physics. Using the objective lens …

In optical trapping systems the trap stiffness, or spring constant, deteriorates dramatically
with trap depth due to optical aberrations and system misalignment. This can severely …

Although an optical vortex (OV) is a promising means for driving cyclic Brownian dynamics
of a small particle, the OV-driven dynamics cannot avoid producing additional …