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    Area of Science:

    • Optics and Photonics
    • Biophysics
    • Nanotechnology

    Background:

    • Optical tweezers offer non-invasive manipulation for microparticle research.
    • Spherical aberration in dry-objective tweezers affects particle trapping dynamics.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To investigate the impact of spherical aberration on optical tweezer trapping.
    • To develop a method for semi-quantitative microsphere mass estimation.
    • To enhance dynamic analysis of particles in aqueous media.

    Main Methods:

    • Utilizing dry-objective optical tweezers to trap dielectric particles in aqueous media.
    • Analyzing particle behavior under gravitational effects and spherical aberration.
    • Manipulating optical forces to suppress trapping bistability.

    Main Results:

    • Spherical aberration induces two stable equilibrium positions for trapped dielectric particles.
    • This trapping bistability allows for semi-quantitative mass estimation with ~16% error.
    • Suppressing bistability increased maximum escape velocity from 152 µm/s to 650 µm/s.

    Conclusions:

    • Trapping bistability in optical tweezers can be leveraged for microsphere mass estimation.
    • Controlling bistability enhances particle dynamics analysis in aqueous environments.
    • This work presents a novel approach for advanced optical tweezer applications.