Discover the evolution of optical tweezers, a powerful tool used to manipulate particles at the microscopic scale. Explore their history, advancements, and wide-ranging applications in nanotechnology, ...

A team of physicists at Fudan University, working with colleagues from Henan University, both in China, and from Nanyang ...

A new measurement theory for dual-trap optical tweezers shows researchers for the first time how to easily optimize their experiments to limit noise from Brownian movement. You have full access to ...

Democratizing optical-tweezer-based rheology Optical tweezers use a highly focused laser beam to hold and move atoms, nanoparticles or micron-sized particles. As the name itself suggests, they are ...

This tool, called optical tweezers, uses a focused laser to hold and manipulate objects. Even after 48 years, optical tweezers are still very relevant, and physicists continue to use this ...

The Lumicks C-Trap® is a correlative single-molecule system combining optical tweezers with multicolour fluorescence imaging. This enables simultaneous manipulation of trapped molecules of interest ...

Scientists often use waves to control elements of their experiments. Optical tweezers, for example, use waves of light to trap and manipulate individual molecules, while sound waves can be used to ...

known as "magic-wavelength optical tweezers," to create a highly stable environment that supports long-lasting entanglement, a key capability for next-generation quantum technology. Quantum ...

The researchers at Harvard University have harnessed sodium-caesium molecules as qubits — basic units of quantum computing ...

Scientists in Florence have built a device that allows them to study quantum and classical physics side by side. Using ...

We marry the tools of quantum gas microscopy, optical tweezer technology, and high precision spectroscopy in order to gain single-particle control at fundamental length scales and very small energy ...

The PPT enables versatile manipulation in various working scenarios. Optical tweezers and related techniques provide extraordinary opportunities for the research and applications in physical ...