Holographic microfabrication and characterization system for soft matter and biological systems
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1. A method of micromanipulating a plurality of particles of any shape, comprising:
- providing a source of light;
providing a diffractive optical element;
processing the light using the diffractive optical element to create a plurality of optical traps, each of the optical traps having an associated potential energy well;
calibrating each of the plurality of the optical traps by an internal measure of forces characterizing the associated potential energy well of each of the optical traps, thereby providing time resolved information on forces imparted to the plurality of particles;
further processing the light with optical components to produce alternate forms of the plurality of the optical traps; and
applying the alternate forms of the plurality of the optical traps to perform a force calibrated micromanipulation of at least one object of any shape for a selected commercial purpose.
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Abstract
A method and system for micromanipulation of objects of any shape. The method and system creates various forms of holographic optical traps for a variety of commercial purposes. Some alternate forms of traps include a dark form of optical traps, optical vortices with different helical winding numbers and optical traps with variable phase profiles imprinted thereon.
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1. A method of micromanipulating a plurality of particles of any shape, comprising:
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providing a source of light; providing a diffractive optical element; processing the light using the diffractive optical element to create a plurality of optical traps, each of the optical traps having an associated potential energy well; calibrating each of the plurality of the optical traps by an internal measure of forces characterizing the associated potential energy well of each of the optical traps, thereby providing time resolved information on forces imparted to the plurality of particles; further processing the light with optical components to produce alternate forms of the plurality of the optical traps; and applying the alternate forms of the plurality of the optical traps to perform a force calibrated micromanipulation of at least one object of any shape for a selected commercial purpose. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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