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Structured Light Fields

Applications in Optical Trapping, Manipulation, and Organisation

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  • © 2012

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Authors:
  1. Mike Wördemann

    1. Institute of Applied Physics, University of Münster, Münster, Germany

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  • Represents a significant contribution to the advancement of micromanipulation using structured light fields
  • Includes an excellent overview of the current state of the art and emerging new techniques
  • Nominated as an outstanding contribution by the University of Münster
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Motivation and Outline

    • Mike Woerdemann
    Pages 1-4

  3. Introduction to Optical Trapping

    • Mike Woerdemann
    Pages 5-26

  4. Holographic Phase Contrast

    • Mike Woerdemann
    Pages 27-45

  5. Counter-Propagating Traps by Optical Phase-Conjugation

    • Mike Woerdemann
    Pages 47-65

  6. Non-Diffracting Beams for the Three-Dimensional Moulding of Matter

    • Mike Woerdemann
    Pages 67-82

  7. Ince-Gaussian Beams for the Optical Organisation of Microparticles

    • Mike Woerdemann
    Pages 83-94

  8. Holographic Optical Tweezers

    • Mike Woerdemann
    Pages 95-116

  9. Summary and Outlook

    • Mike Woerdemann
    Pages 117-119

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 121-134
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The optical trapping of colloidal matter is an unequalled field of  technology for enabling precise handling of particles on microscopic scales, solely by the force of light. Although the basic concept of optical tweezers, which are based on a single laser beam, has matured and found a vast number of exciting applications, in particular in the life sciences, there are strong demands for more sophisticated approaches. This thesis gives an introductory overview of existing optical micromanipulation techniques and reviews the state-of-the-art of the emerging field of structured light fields and their applications in optical trapping, micromanipulation, and organisation. The author presents established, and introduces novel concepts for the holographic and non-holographic shaping of a light field. A special emphasis of the work is the demonstration of advanced applications of the thus created structured light fields in optical micromanipulation, utilising various geometries and unconventional light propagation properties. While most of the concepts developed are demonstrated with artificial microscopic reference particles, the work concludes with a comprehensive demonstration of optical control and alignment of bacterial cells, and hierarchical supramolecular organisation utilising dedicated nanocontainer particles.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Institute of Applied Physics, University of Münster, Münster, Germany

    Mike Wördemann

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