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Optical trapping and manipulation of neutral particles using lasers.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America ·Vol. 94 ·No. 10 ·1997-05-13 ·Pages 4853-60

Ashkin A

Abstract

The techniques of optical trapping and manipulation of neutral particles by lasers provide unique means to control the dynamics of small particles. These new experimental methods have played a revolutionary role in areas of the physical and biological sciences. This paper reviews the early developments in the field leading to the demonstration of cooling and trapping of neutral atoms in atomic physics and to the first use of optical tweezers traps in biology. Some further major achievements of these rapidly developing methods also are considered.

MeSH Terms
Animals Bacteria Biology/instrumentation,methods Female Flagella/physiology Genetic Techniques/instrumentation Lasers Male Optics and Photonics/instrumentation Physics/instrumentation,methods Sperm Tail/physiology Sperm-Ovum Interactions
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Ashkin A
Research Department, Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies (retired), Room 4B-405, Holmdel, NJ 07733-3030, USA.
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Article Info
Journal
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Abbr.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
ISSN
0027-8424
DOI
10.1073/pnas.94.10.4853
Published
1997-05-13
Pages
4853-60
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
7505876
PMCID
PMC24595
Subset
IM
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PubMed source DOI: 10.1073/pnas.94.10.4853 PMC Full Text View journal details
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