Micro-objective manipulated with optical tweezers

Journal Article · Sat Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1997 · Applied Physics Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.118260· OSTI ID:450212

Sasaki, M; Kurosawa, T; Hane, K ^[1]

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1. Department of Mechatronics and Precision Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-77 (Japan)

A microscope is described that uses a {mu}m-sized ball lens, which is here termed micro-objective, manipulated with optical tweezers to image the side view of the arbitrary region of a sample. Since this micro-objective is small in size, it can go into a concave region to produce a local image of the inside which the conventional microscope cannot observe. Preliminary results show good lens performance from the micro-objective when combined with optical tweezers. {copyright} {ital 1997 American Institute of Physics.}

• OSTI ID: 450212
• Journal Information: Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 70, Issue 6; Other Information: PBD: Feb 1997
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

44 INSTRUMENTATION
INCLUDING NUCLEAR AND PARTICLE DETECTORS
OPTICAL MICROSCOPES
DESIGN
MANIPULATORS
POLYSTYRENE
IMAGES
MICROSPHERES
LENSES
SPATIAL RESOLUTION