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Multi force optical tweezers to generate gradients of forces
Optics Express
|June 2, 2009
Abstract:
We present a multi trap optical tweezes system that enables to generate two-dimensional dynamical configurations of focal spot where the trapping force of each element of the pattern can be individually changed. Force gradients in the pN range can be generated on a micrometer scale.
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