Code Number: 9B40.90

Demo Title: Optical Tweezers

References:

  • Alexandre Lewalle, "The Smallest Tweezers in the World", TPT, Vol. 46, #8, Nov. 2008, p. 467.
  • D. Perez-Guerrero, B. Morales-Cruzado, G. I. Guerrero-Garcia, E. Sarmiento-Gomez, "On the Brownian Motion of a Colloid Trapped in Optical Tweezers: Experiments and Simulations", AJP, Vol. 92, #4, April 2024, p. 290
  • N. B. Viana, M. S. Rocha, O. N. Mesquita, "In Situ Laser Power Measurement at the Focus of Microscope Objectives Used in Optical Tweezers", AJP, Vol. 73, #3, March 2005, p. 201.
  • Matthew J. Lang, Steven M. Block, "Resource Letter: LBOT-1: Laser-Based Optical Tweezers", AJP, Vol. 71, #3, March 2003, p. 201.
  • John Bechhoefer, Scott Wilson, "Faster, Cheaper, Safer Optical Tweezers for the Undergraduate Laboratory", AJP, Vol. 70, #4, April 2002, p. 393.
  • Stephen P. Smith, Sameer R. Bhalotra, Anne L. Brody, Benjamin L. Brown, Edward K. Boyda, Mara Prentiss, "Inexpensive Optical Tweezers for Undergraduate Laboratories", AJP, Vol. 67, #1, Jan. 1999, p. 26.