Laser induced forward transfer isolating complex-shaped cell by beam shaping by Liang, P, Shang, L, Wang, Y, Booth, MJ, Li, B

“…Beam shaping techniques have been widely used in holographic optical tweezers to accurately manipulate tiny particles and hologram optimization algorithms have also been widely reported to improve the optical trapping performance. …”

Collective synchronization states in arrays of driven colloidal oscillators by Lhermerout, R, Bruot, N, Cicuta, G, Kotar, J, Cicuta, P

“…Driving colloidal particles with optical tweezers, we then experimentally investigate the coupling through hydrodynamics in systems of many oscillators, showing that a collective dynamics emerges. …”

Nonlinear optical processes in optically trapped InP nanowires by Wang, Fan, Reece, Peter J., Paiman, Suriati, Gao, Qiang, Tan, Hark Hoe, Jagadish, Chennupati

“…We report on the observation of nonlinear optical excitation and related photoluminescence from single InP semiconductor nanowires held in suspension using a gradient force optical tweezers. Photoexcitation of free carriers is achieved through absorption of infrared (1.17 eV) photons from the trapping source via a combination of two- and three-photon processes. …”
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Molecular transporter generation for quantum-molecular transmission via an optical transmission line by Jalil, Muhammad Arif, Ali, Jalil, Mitatha, Somsak, Yupapin, Preecha P., Piyatamrong, B.

“…We propose a novel system of a quantum-molecular transportation using the multi-optical tweezers, whereby the transportation of molecules in the communication system can be performed. …”

Novel tunable dynamic tweezers using dark-bright soliton collision control in an optical add/drop filter by Jalil, Muhammad Arif, Ali, Jalil, P.P., Yupapin, Teeka, Chat

“…We propose a novel system of the dynamic optical tweezers generated by a dark soliton in the fiber optic loop. …”

Photodetector performance enhancement using an electron accelerator controlled by light by Srithanachai, Itsara, Zainol, Farrah Dilla, Ueamanapong, Surada, Niemcharoen, Surasak, Ali, Jalil, Yupapin, Preecha P.

“…The principle of optical tweezer generation using a light pulse within a PANDA ring is also reviewed. …”

Full-Bloch beams and ultrafast Rabi-rotating vortices by Lorenzo Dominici, David Colas, Antonio Gianfrate, Amir Rahmani, Vincenzo Ardizzone, Dario Ballarini, Milena De Giorgi, Giuseppe Gigli, Fabrice P. Laussy, Daniele Sanvitto, Nina Voronova

“…Such full-Bloch beams offer prospects at a fundamental level regarding their topological properties or in the interpretation of quantum mechanics, and the Rabi-rotating vortices they yield should lead to interesting applications such as ultrafast optical tweezers.…”
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An Accurate Perception Method for Low Contrast Bright Field Microscopy in Heterogeneous Microenvironments by Keshav Rajasekaran, Ekta Samani, Manasa Bollavaram, John Stewart, Ashis G. Banerjee

“…Automated optical tweezers-based robotic manipulation of microscale objects requires real-time visual perception for estimating the states, i.e., positions and orientations, of the objects. …”
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Fermionic simulators for enhanced scalability of variational quantum simulation by Qingyu Li, Chiranjib Mukhopadhyay, Abolfazl Bayat

“…Thanks to recent advances in trapping and manipulation of neutral atoms in optical tweezers, digital fermionic quantum simulators are becoming viable. …”
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Factors affecting daughter cells' arrangement during the early bacterial divisions. by Pin-Tzu Su, Pei-Wen Yen, Shao-Hung Wang, Chi-Hung Lin, Arthur Chiou, Wan-Jr Syu

“…With oscillatory optical tweezers, we further demonstrated that the interaction force decreased in bacteria without Lpp, a result substantiating our notion that the side-by-side sliding phenomenon directly reflects the strength of in-situ interaction between bacteria and substratum.…”
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Rotation controlling of spiraling elliptic beams in inhomogeneous nonlocal media by Guo Liang, Qing Wang

“…We also investigate the gradient force exerted by an elliptic beam upon micro-particles from the application point of view in optical tweezers, and find that the gradient force also can be conveniently controlled by the varied CL.…”
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Accessing electromagnetic properties of matter with cylindrical vector beams by Hiroyuki Fujita, Yasuhiro Tada, Masahiro Sato

“…The unique electromagnetic field configuration of CVBs has been exploited to optical tweezers, laser accelerations, and so on. However, use of CVBs in research fields outside optics such as condensed matter physics has not progressed. …”
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D_{1} magic wavelength tweezers for scaling atom arrays by Mohammad Mujahid Aliyu, Luheng Zhao, Xiu Quan Quek, Krishna Chaitanya Yellapragada, Huanqian Loh

“…Efficient trapping and detection of single atoms in optical tweezers are important for realizing atom arrays, a promising platform for quantum simulation and quantum information processing. …”
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Optical Manipulation of Fibroblasts with Femtosecond Pulse and CW Laser by Xia Zhang, Yi Wu, Siao Cai, Guoying Feng

“…Using tight focusing light, optical tweezers (OT) are tools that can manipulate and capture microscopic particles and biological cells as well as characterize a wide range of micro and nanomaterials. …”
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Photonic Hook with Modulated Bending Angle Formed by Using Triangular Mesoscale Janus Prisms by Wei-Yu Chen, Cheng-Yang Liu, Yu-Kai Hsieh, Oleg V. Minin, Igor V. Minin

“…The triangular Janus micro-prisms have high potential for practical applications in optical tweezers, nanoparticle sorting and manipulation and photonic circuits.…”
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Deep learning-based method for analyzing the optically trapped sperm rotation by Jiangcheng Zhao, Chuanbiao Bai, Zhiguo Zhang, Qingchuan Zhang

“…Abstract Optical tweezers exert a strong trapping force on cells, making it crucial to analyze the movement of trapped cells. …”
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Hydrodynamic spin-orbit coupling in asynchronous optically driven micro-rotors by Alvin Modin, Matan Yah Ben Zion, Paul M. Chaikin

“…Yet to date, direct observation of the hydrodynamic coupling between artificial micro-rotors has been restricted by the details of the chosen drive, either through synchronization (using external magnetic fields) or confinement (using optical tweezers). Here we present a new active system that illuminates the interplay of rotation and translation in free rotors. …”
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Programmable photoacoustic patterning of microparticles in air by Ruoqin Zhang, Xichuan Zhao, Jinzhi Li, Di Zhou, Honglian Guo, Zhi-yuan Li, Feng Li

“…Our approach merges the programmable adaptability of optical tweezers with the potent manipulation capabilities of acoustic waves, paving the way for wave-based manipulation techniques, such as microparticle assembly, biological synthesis, and microsystems.…”
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The Non-dominant AAA+ Ring in the ClpAP Protease Functions as an Anti-stalling Motor to Accelerate Protein Unfolding and Translocation by Kotamarthi, Hema Chandra, Sauer, Robert T, Baker, Tania A

“…Here we use single-molecule optical tweezers to assay mechanical unfolding and translocation by a variant of the ClpAP protease containing an ATPase-inactive D1 ring. …”
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Parallel Implementation of High-Fidelity Multiqubit Gates with Neutral Atoms by Levine, Harry, Keesling, Alexander, Semeghini, Giulia, Omran, Ahmed, Wang, Tout T, Ebadi, Sepehr, Bernien, Hannes, Greiner, Markus, Vuletić, Vladan, Pichler, Hannes, Lukin, Mikhail D

“…The gates are mediated by excitation to strongly interacting Rydberg states and are implemented in parallel on several clusters of atoms in a one-dimensional array of optical tweezers. Specifically, we realize the controlled-phase gate, enacted by a novel, fast protocol involving only global coupling of two qubits to Rydberg states. …”
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