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Combining state-of-the-art research with a strong pedagogic
approach, this text provides a detailed and complete guide to the
theory, practice and applications of optical tweezers. In-depth
derivation of the theory of optical trapping and numerical
modelling of optical forces are supported by a complete
step-by-step design and construction guide for building optical
tweezers, with detailed tutorials on collecting and analysing data.
Also included are comprehensive reviews of optical tweezers
research in fields ranging from cell biology to quantum physics.
Featuring numerous exercises and problems throughout, this is an
ideal self-contained learning package for advanced lecture and
laboratory courses, and an invaluable guide to practitioners
wanting to enter the field of optical manipulation. The text is
supplemented by www.opticaltweezers.org, a forum for discussion and
a source of additional material including free-to-download,
customisable research-grade software (OTS) for calculation of
optical forces, digital video microscopy, optical tweezers
calibration and holographic optical tweezers.
The ability of detecting forces and torques at the micro- and nano-
scale is of fundamental importance. The photonic force microscope
(PFM) had been employed to measure forces in the range of femto- to
pico-Newton in many di¬erent ¬elds with exciting applications in
biophysics, thermodynamics of small systems, and colloidal physics.
Here, after an introductive overview of a typical PFM setup, we
discuss the three main aspects necessary to understand the PFM,
i.e. optical trapping, Brownian motion in an optical trap, and
position detection. In the second part of the book, we describe
some applications of the PFM: the measurement of plasmon radiation
forces, the photonic torque microscope and the measurement of the
torque produced by a vortex light beam, the measurement of the
characteristics of microscopic ¬ows, and some applications with
trapped cells.
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