• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 20, Issue 5, 053801 (2022)
Lingyao Yu1, Yuan Jia1, Xujin Hu1, Shaofei Wang1, Hongyu Chen1, Shuai Liu1, Hongchang Deng1, Maowen Wang2、*, and Jun Yin1、**
Author Affiliations
  • 1Guangxi Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Information Processing, School of Optoelectronic Engineering, Guilin University of Electronic Technology, Guilin 541004, China
  • 2School of Electronic Information and Electrical Engineering, Huizhou University, Huizhou 516000, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/COL202220.053801 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Lingyao Yu, Yuan Jia, Xujin Hu, Shaofei Wang, Hongyu Chen, Shuai Liu, Hongchang Deng, Maowen Wang, Jun Yin. Trapping and revolving micron particles by transformable line traps of optical tweezers[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2022, 20(5): 053801 Copy Citation Text show less
    Illustration of optical design generating dual-line traps in top view (top) and front view (bottom). CL1 and CL2, cylindrical lenses; L1 and L2, plano-convex lenses; Obj, objective. Not to scale.
    Fig. 1. Illustration of optical design generating dual-line traps in top view (top) and front view (bottom). CL1 and CL2, cylindrical lenses; L1 and L2, plano-convex lenses; Obj, objective. Not to scale.
    Normalized intensity distribution of various line traps. (a) The dual-line traps and the line traps with the rotation angles of (b) 20°, (c) 90°, and (d) 110° counterclockwise. Scale bar: 10 µm.
    Fig. 2. Normalized intensity distribution of various line traps. (a) The dual-line traps and the line traps with the rotation angles of (b) 20°, (c) 90°, and (d) 110° counterclockwise. Scale bar: 10 µm.
    Schematic of optical setup for the line traps generation and particles manipulation. DM, dichroic mirror; PD, petri dish; UL, uniform light.
    Fig. 3. Schematic of optical setup for the line traps generation and particles manipulation. DM, dichroic mirror; PD, petri dish; UL, uniform light.
    Microscopic images of (a) the laser source and focused lines at the rotation angles of (b) 0°, (c) 20°, (d) 90°, and (e) 110°. Scale bar: 10 µm.
    Fig. 4. Microscopic images of (a) the laser source and focused lines at the rotation angles of (b) 0°, (c) 20°, (d) 90°, and (e) 110°. Scale bar: 10 µm.
    Microscopic images for particles sizes of (a) 5 µm, (b) 10 µm, (c) 15 µm, and (d) 20 µm trapped by the dual lines and for particles sizes of (e) 5 µm, (f) 10 µm, (g) 15 µm, and (h) 20 µm trapped by the single line. Scale bar: 10 µm.
    Fig. 5. Microscopic images for particles sizes of (a) 5 µm, (b) 10 µm, (c) 15 µm, and (d) 20 µm trapped by the dual lines and for particles sizes of (e) 5 µm, (f) 10 µm, (g) 15 µm, and (h) 20 µm trapped by the single line. Scale bar: 10 µm.
    Images of the particles (20 µm diameter) revolved as the rotation angle of (a) 0°, (b) 20°, and (c) 60°. Green lines denote trapping lines. Scale bar: 20 µm.
    Fig. 6. Images of the particles (20 µm diameter) revolved as the rotation angle of (a) 0°, (b) 20°, and (c) 60°. Green lines denote trapping lines. Scale bar: 20 µm.
    Lingyao Yu, Yuan Jia, Xujin Hu, Shaofei Wang, Hongyu Chen, Shuai Liu, Hongchang Deng, Maowen Wang, Jun Yin. Trapping and revolving micron particles by transformable line traps of optical tweezers[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2022, 20(5): 053801
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