eprintid: 1464075 rev_number: 61 eprint_status: archive userid: 608 dir: disk0/01/46/40/75 datestamp: 2015-03-23 17:20:56 lastmod: 2024-07-04 13:50:52 status_changed: 2015-03-23 17:20:56 type: article metadata_visibility: show item_issues_count: 0 creators_name: Pesce, Giuseppe creators_name: Volpe, Giorgio creators_name: Maragó, Onofrio M creators_name: Jones, Philip H creators_name: Gigan, Sylvain creators_name: Sasso, Antonio creators_name: Volpe, Giovanni title: Step-by-step guide to the realization of advanced optical tweezers ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: B04 divisions: C06 divisions: F56 divisions: F60 note: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. abstract: Since the pioneering work of Arthur Ashkin, optical tweezers (OT) have become an indispensable tool for contactless manipulation of micro- and nanoparticles. Nowadays OT are employed in a myriad of applications demonstrating their importance. While the basic principle of OT is the use of a strongly focused laser beam to trap and manipulate particles, more complex experimental setups are required to perform novel and challenging experiments. With this article, we provide a detailed step-by-step guide for the construction of advanced optical manipulation systems. First, we explain how to build a single-beam OT on a homemade microscope and how to calibrate it. Improving on this design, we realize a holographic OT, which can manipulate independently multiple particles and generate more sophisticated wavefronts such as Laguerre–Gaussian beams. Finally, we explain how to implement a speckle OT, which permits one to employ random speckle light fields for deterministic optical manipulation. date: 2015-05 official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/JOSAB.32.000B84 vfaculties: VMPS vfaculties: VMPS oa_status: green full_text_type: other language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green verified: verified_manual elements_source: Manually entered elements_id: 1021289 doi: 10.1364/JOSAB.32.000B84 lyricists_name: Jones, Philip lyricists_name: Volpe, Giorgio lyricists_id: PHJON02 lyricists_id: GVOLP70 full_text_status: public publication: Journal of the Optical Society of America B volume: 32 number: 5 pagerange: B84- B98 issn: 0740-3224 citation: Pesce, Giuseppe; Volpe, Giorgio; Maragó, Onofrio M; Jones, Philip H; Gigan, Sylvain; Sasso, Antonio; Volpe, Giovanni; (2015) Step-by-step guide to the realization of advanced optical tweezers. Journal of the Optical Society of America B , 32 (5) B84- B98. 10.1364/JOSAB.32.000B84 <https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAB.32.000B84>. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1464075/1/233555.pdf