Roadmap for optical tweezers
Journal article, 2023
Optical tweezers are tools made of light that enable contactless pushing, trapping, and manipulation of objects, ranging from atoms to space light sails. Since the pioneering work by Arthur Ashkin in the 1970s, optical tweezers have evolved into sophisticated instruments and have been employed in a broad range of applications in the life sciences, physics, and engineering. These include accurate force and torque measurement at the femtonewton level, microrheology of complex fluids, single micro- and nano-particle spectroscopy, single-cell analysis, and statistical-physics experiments. This roadmap provides insights into current investigations involving optical forces and optical tweezers from their theoretical foundations to designs and setups. It also offers perspectives for applications to a wide range of research fields, from biophysics to space exploration.
optical tweezers
optical trapping
optical manipulation
Author
Giovanni Volpe
University of Gothenburg
Onofrio M. Maragò
Consiglo Nazionale Delle Richerche
Halina Rubinsetein
University of Queensland
Giuseppe Pesce
University of Naples Federico II
Alexander Stilgoe
University of Queensland
Giorgio Volpe
University College London (UCL)
Georgiy Tkachenko
Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University
Viet Giang Truong
Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University
Síle Nic Chormaic
Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University
Fatemeh Kalantarifard
Technical University of Denmark (DTU)
Parviz Elahi
Bogazici University
Mikael Käll
Chalmers, Physics, Nano and Biophysics
Agnese Callegari
University of Gothenburg
Manuel I. Marqués
Universidad Autonoma de Madrid (UAM)
Antonio Alvaro Ranha Neves
Universidade Federal do ABC
Wendel L. Moreira
Petrobras
Adriana Fontes
Federal University of Pernambuco
Carlos L. Cesar
Federal University of Ceará
State University of Campinas
Rosalba Saija
University of Messina
Abir Saidi
University of Messina
Paul Beck
University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU)
Max Planck Society
Jörg S. Eismann
University of Graz
University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU)
Max Planck Society
Peter Banzer
Max Planck Society
University of Graz
University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU)
Thales F.D. Fernandes
Centre de Biochimie Structurale
Francesco Pedaci
Centre de Biochimie Structurale
Warwick P. Bowen
University of Queensland
Rahul Vaippully
Indian Institute of Technology
Muruga Lokesh
Indian Institute of Technology
Basudev Roy
Indian Institute of Technology
Gregor Thalhammer-Thurner
Medical University of Innsbruck
Monika Ritsch-Marte
Medical University of Innsbruck
Laura Pérez García
University of Gothenburg
Alejandro V. Arzola
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Isaac Pérez Castillo
Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana - Iztapalapa
Aykut Argun
University of Gothenburg
Till M. Muenker
University of Göttingen
Bart E. Vos
University of Göttingen
Timo Betz
University of Göttingen
Ilaria Cristiani
Universita degli studi di Pavia
Paolo Minzioni
Universita degli studi di Pavia
Peter J. Reece
University of New South Wales (UNSW)
Fan Wang
Beihang University
David McGloin
University of Technology Sydney
Justus C. Ndukaife
Vanderbilt University
R. Quidant
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich (ETH)
Reece P. Roberts
Macquarie University
Cyril Laplane
Macquarie University
Thomas Volz
Macquarie University
Reuven Gordon
University of Victoria
Dag Hanstorp
University of Gothenburg
Javier Tello Marmolejo
University of Gothenburg
Graham D. Bruce
University of St Andrews
Kishan Dholakia
University of Adelaide
University of St Andrews
Yonsei University
Tongcang Li
Purdue University
Oto Brzobohatý
Institute of Scientific Instruments of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
Stephen H. Simpson
Institute of Scientific Instruments of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
Pavel Zemánek
Institute of Scientific Instruments of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
Felix Ritort
University of Barcelona
Yael Roichman
Tel Aviv University
Valeriia Bobkova
University of Münster
Raphael Wittkowski
University of Münster
Cornelia Denz
University of Münster
Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB)
G. V. Pavan Kumar
Indian Institute of Science
Antonino Foti
Consiglo Nazionale Delle Richerche
Maria Grazia Donato
Consiglo Nazionale Delle Richerche
Pietro G. Gucciardi
Consiglo Nazionale Delle Richerche
Lucia Gardini
CNR-INO
LENS - European Laboratory for Non-Linear Spectroscopy
Giulio Bianchi
University of Florence
LENS - European Laboratory for Non-Linear Spectroscopy
Anatolii V. Kashchuk
LENS - European Laboratory for Non-Linear Spectroscopy
University of Florence
Marco Capitanio
LENS - European Laboratory for Non-Linear Spectroscopy
University of Florence
Lynn Paterson
Heriot-Watt University
Philip H. Jones
University College London (UCL)
Kirstine Berg-Sørensen
Technical University of Denmark (DTU)
Younes F. Barooji
Niels Bohr Institute
Lene B. Oddershede
Niels Bohr Institute
Pegah Pouladian
UCI Beckman Laser Institute & Medical Clinic
Daryl Preece
UCI Beckman Laser Institute & Medical Clinic
Caroline B. Adiels
University of Gothenburg
Anna Chiara De Luca
Consiglo Nazionale Delle Richerche
Alessandro Magazzù
Consiglo Nazionale Delle Richerche
David Bronte Ciriza
Consiglo Nazionale Delle Richerche
Maria Antonia Iatì
Consiglo Nazionale Delle Richerche
Grover A. Swartzlander
Rochester Institute of Technology
JPhys Photonics
25157647 (eISSN)
Vol. 5 2 022501Subject Categories
Architectural Engineering
Atom and Molecular Physics and Optics
Other Physics Topics
DOI
10.1088/2515-7647/acb57b