Abstract

We report the experimental implementation of a new method for generating multiple dynamical optical tweezers, where each one of them is generated with an independent linear polarization state with arbitrary orientation. This also allows an independent simultaneous polarization-rotation control. The laser beam, both for generating multiple traps and polarization control, has been modulated using a single reflective nematic liquid crystal with parallel alignment. We present experimental results of controlled displacement, orientation and rotation of birefringent particles. In addition, a simple method for estimating and canceling out the primary astigmatism present in the system is presented.

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    [Crossref]
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  24. S. Keen, A. Yao, J. Leach, R. Di Leonardo, C. Saunter, G. Love, J. M. Cooper, and M. Padgett, “Multipoint viscosity measurements in microfluidic channels using optical tweezers,” Lab. on a Chip 9, 2059–2062 (2009).
    [Crossref] [PubMed]
  25. T. Wu, T. A. Nieminen, S. Mohanty, J. Miotke, R. L. Meyer, H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop, and M. W. Berns, “A photon-driven micromotor can direct nerve fibre growth,” Nature Photon. 6, 62–67 (2012).
    [Crossref]
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    [Crossref]
  27. F. M. Fazal and S. M. Block, “Optical tweezers study life under tension,” Nature Photon. 5, 318–321 (2011).
    [Crossref]
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    [Crossref]

2012 (3)

R. S. Dutra, N. B. Viana, P. A. Maia Neto, and H. M. Nussenzveig, “Absolute calibration of optical tweezers including aberrations,” Apl. Phys. Lett. 100, 1311151 (2012).
[Crossref]

F. Kenny, D. Lara, O. G. Rodríguez-Herrera, and C. Dainty, “Complete polarization and phase control for focus-shaping in high-NA microscopy,” Opt. Express 20, 14015–14029 (2012).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

T. Wu, T. A. Nieminen, S. Mohanty, J. Miotke, R. L. Meyer, H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop, and M. W. Berns, “A photon-driven micromotor can direct nerve fibre growth,” Nature Photon. 6, 62–67 (2012).
[Crossref]

2011 (1)

F. M. Fazal and S. M. Block, “Optical tweezers study life under tension,” Nature Photon. 5, 318–321 (2011).
[Crossref]

2009 (4)

S. Keen, A. Yao, J. Leach, R. Di Leonardo, C. Saunter, G. Love, J. M. Cooper, and M. Padgett, “Multipoint viscosity measurements in microfluidic channels using optical tweezers,” Lab. on a Chip 9, 2059–2062 (2009).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

C. López-Quesada, J. Andilla, and E. Martín-Badosa, “Correction of aberration in holographic optical tweezers using a ShackHartmann sensor,” Appl. Opt. 48, 1084–1090 (2009).
[Crossref]

S. J. Parkin, R. Vogel, M. Persson, M. Funk, V. L. Loke, T. A. Nieminen, N. R. Heckenberg, and H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop, “Highly birefringent vaterite microspheres: production, characterization and applications for optical micromanipulation,” Opt. Express 17, 21944–21955 (2009).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

T. Asavei, V. L. Y. Loke, M. Barbieri, T. A. Nieminen, N. R. Heckenberg, and H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop, “Optical angular momentum transfer to microrotors fabricated by two-photon photopolymerization,” New J. Phys. 11, 1–20 (2009).
[Crossref]

2008 (2)

D. Preece, S. Keen, E. Botvinick, R. Bowman, M. Padgett, and J. Leach, “Independent polarisation control of multiple optical traps,” Opt. Express 16, 15897–15902 (2008).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

J. R. Moffitt, Y. R. Chemla, S. B. Smith, and C. Bustamante, “Recent advances in optical tweezers,” Annu. Rev. Biochem. 77, 205–228 (2008).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

2007 (3)

A. Jesacher, A. Schwaighofer, S. Fürhapter, C. Maurer, S. Bernet, and M. Ritsch-Marte, “Wavefront correction of spatial light modulators using an optical vortex image,” Opt. Express 15, 5801–5808 (2007).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

C. Maurer, A. Jesacher, S. Fürhapter, S. Bernet, and M. Ritsch-Marte, “Tailoring of arbitrary optical vector beams,” New J. Phys. 9, 78 (2007).
[Crossref]

R. K. Singh, P. Senthilkumaran, and K. Singh, “Influence of astigmatism and defocusing on the focusing of a singular beam,” Opt. Commun. 270, 128–138 (2007).
[Crossref]

2006 (2)

2005 (1)

2004 (2)

J. L. Harriman, A. Linnenberger, and S. A. Serati, “Improving spatial light modulator performance through phase compensation,” Proc. SPIE 5553, 58 (2004).
[Crossref]

C. Bustamante, “Of torques, forces, and protein machines,” Prot. Sci. 13, 3061–3065 (2004).
[Crossref]

2003 (3)

R. L. Eriksen, P. J. Rodrigo, V. R. Daria, and J. Glückstad, “Spatial light modulator-controlled alignment and spinning of birefringent particles optically trapped in an array,” Appl. Opt. 42, 5107–5111 (2003).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Z. Bryant, M. D. Stone, J. Gore, S. B. Smith, N. R. Cozzarelli, and C. Bustamante, “Structural transitions and elasticity from torque measurements on DNA,” Nature 424, 338341 (2003).
[Crossref]

M. D. Stone, Z. Bryant, N. J. Crisona, S. B. Smith, A. Vologodskii, and et al., “Chirality sensing by Escherichia coli topoisomerase IV and the mechanism of type II topoisomerases,” Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 100, 8654–8659 (2003).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

2001 (1)

D.S. Goodsell, “The Molecular Perspective: Ultraviolet Light and Pyrimidine Dimers,” Stem Cells 19, 348349 (2001).
[Crossref]

2000 (1)

J. Liesener, M. Reicherter, T. Haist, and H.J. Tiziani, “Multi-functional optical tweezers using computer-generated holograms,” Opt. Commun. 185, 77–82 (2000).
[Crossref]

1998 (1)

M. E. J. Friese, T. A. Nieminen, N. R. Heckenberg, and H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop, “Optical alignment and spinning of laser-trapped microscopic particles,” Nature 394, 348–350 (1998).
[Crossref]

1997 (1)

1996 (1)

M. E. J. Friese, J. Enger, H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop, and N. R. Heckenberg, “Optical angular-momentum transfer to trapped absorbing particles,” Phys. Rev. 54, 1593–1596 (1996).
[Crossref]

1984 (1)

P. L. Marston and J. H. Crichton, “Radiation torque on a sphere caused by a circularly-polarized electromagnetic wave,” Phys. Rev. A 30, 2508–2516 (1984).
[Crossref]

Allen, L.

Andilla, J.

Asavei, T.

T. Asavei, V. L. Y. Loke, M. Barbieri, T. A. Nieminen, N. R. Heckenberg, and H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop, “Optical angular momentum transfer to microrotors fabricated by two-photon photopolymerization,” New J. Phys. 11, 1–20 (2009).
[Crossref]

Barbieri, M.

T. Asavei, V. L. Y. Loke, M. Barbieri, T. A. Nieminen, N. R. Heckenberg, and H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop, “Optical angular momentum transfer to microrotors fabricated by two-photon photopolymerization,” New J. Phys. 11, 1–20 (2009).
[Crossref]

Bernet, S.

Berns, M. W.

T. Wu, T. A. Nieminen, S. Mohanty, J. Miotke, R. L. Meyer, H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop, and M. W. Berns, “A photon-driven micromotor can direct nerve fibre growth,” Nature Photon. 6, 62–67 (2012).
[Crossref]

Block, S. M.

F. M. Fazal and S. M. Block, “Optical tweezers study life under tension,” Nature Photon. 5, 318–321 (2011).
[Crossref]

Botvinick, E.

Bowman, R.

Bryant, Z.

Z. Bryant, M. D. Stone, J. Gore, S. B. Smith, N. R. Cozzarelli, and C. Bustamante, “Structural transitions and elasticity from torque measurements on DNA,” Nature 424, 338341 (2003).
[Crossref]

M. D. Stone, Z. Bryant, N. J. Crisona, S. B. Smith, A. Vologodskii, and et al., “Chirality sensing by Escherichia coli topoisomerase IV and the mechanism of type II topoisomerases,” Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 100, 8654–8659 (2003).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Bustamante, C.

J. R. Moffitt, Y. R. Chemla, S. B. Smith, and C. Bustamante, “Recent advances in optical tweezers,” Annu. Rev. Biochem. 77, 205–228 (2008).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

C. Bustamante, “Of torques, forces, and protein machines,” Prot. Sci. 13, 3061–3065 (2004).
[Crossref]

Z. Bryant, M. D. Stone, J. Gore, S. B. Smith, N. R. Cozzarelli, and C. Bustamante, “Structural transitions and elasticity from torque measurements on DNA,” Nature 424, 338341 (2003).
[Crossref]

Chemla, Y. R.

J. R. Moffitt, Y. R. Chemla, S. B. Smith, and C. Bustamante, “Recent advances in optical tweezers,” Annu. Rev. Biochem. 77, 205–228 (2008).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Chipman, R. A.

R. A. Chipman, “Polarimetry,” in Handbook of Optics, (McGraw-Hill, New York, 1994) Chap 22.

Clark, R. L.

Cole, D. G.

Cooper, J.

Cooper, J. M.

S. Keen, A. Yao, J. Leach, R. Di Leonardo, C. Saunter, G. Love, J. M. Cooper, and M. Padgett, “Multipoint viscosity measurements in microfluidic channels using optical tweezers,” Lab. on a Chip 9, 2059–2062 (2009).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Cozzarelli, N. R.

Z. Bryant, M. D. Stone, J. Gore, S. B. Smith, N. R. Cozzarelli, and C. Bustamante, “Structural transitions and elasticity from torque measurements on DNA,” Nature 424, 338341 (2003).
[Crossref]

Crichton, J. H.

P. L. Marston and J. H. Crichton, “Radiation torque on a sphere caused by a circularly-polarized electromagnetic wave,” Phys. Rev. A 30, 2508–2516 (1984).
[Crossref]

Crisona, N. J.

M. D. Stone, Z. Bryant, N. J. Crisona, S. B. Smith, A. Vologodskii, and et al., “Chirality sensing by Escherichia coli topoisomerase IV and the mechanism of type II topoisomerases,” Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 100, 8654–8659 (2003).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Dainty, C.

Daria, V. R.

Davis, J. A.

Dholakia, K.

Di Leonardo, R.

S. Keen, A. Yao, J. Leach, R. Di Leonardo, C. Saunter, G. Love, J. M. Cooper, and M. Padgett, “Multipoint viscosity measurements in microfluidic channels using optical tweezers,” Lab. on a Chip 9, 2059–2062 (2009).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

DiLeonardo, R.

Dutra, R. S.

R. S. Dutra, N. B. Viana, P. A. Maia Neto, and H. M. Nussenzveig, “Absolute calibration of optical tweezers including aberrations,” Apl. Phys. Lett. 100, 1311151 (2012).
[Crossref]

Enger, J.

M. E. J. Friese, J. Enger, H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop, and N. R. Heckenberg, “Optical angular-momentum transfer to trapped absorbing particles,” Phys. Rev. 54, 1593–1596 (1996).
[Crossref]

Eriksen, R. L.

Evans, G. H.

Fazal, F. M.

F. M. Fazal and S. M. Block, “Optical tweezers study life under tension,” Nature Photon. 5, 318–321 (2011).
[Crossref]

Friese, M. E. J.

M. E. J. Friese, T. A. Nieminen, N. R. Heckenberg, and H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop, “Optical alignment and spinning of laser-trapped microscopic particles,” Nature 394, 348–350 (1998).
[Crossref]

M. E. J. Friese, J. Enger, H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop, and N. R. Heckenberg, “Optical angular-momentum transfer to trapped absorbing particles,” Phys. Rev. 54, 1593–1596 (1996).
[Crossref]

Funk, M.

Fürhapter, S.

Gibson, G.

Glückstad, J.

Goodsell, D.S.

D.S. Goodsell, “The Molecular Perspective: Ultraviolet Light and Pyrimidine Dimers,” Stem Cells 19, 348349 (2001).
[Crossref]

Gore, J.

Z. Bryant, M. D. Stone, J. Gore, S. B. Smith, N. R. Cozzarelli, and C. Bustamante, “Structural transitions and elasticity from torque measurements on DNA,” Nature 424, 338341 (2003).
[Crossref]

Haist, T.

J. Liesener, M. Reicherter, T. Haist, and H.J. Tiziani, “Multi-functional optical tweezers using computer-generated holograms,” Opt. Commun. 185, 77–82 (2000).
[Crossref]

Harriman, J. L.

J. L. Harriman, A. Linnenberger, and S. A. Serati, “Improving spatial light modulator performance through phase compensation,” Proc. SPIE 5553, 58 (2004).
[Crossref]

Heckenberg, N. R.

T. Asavei, V. L. Y. Loke, M. Barbieri, T. A. Nieminen, N. R. Heckenberg, and H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop, “Optical angular momentum transfer to microrotors fabricated by two-photon photopolymerization,” New J. Phys. 11, 1–20 (2009).
[Crossref]

S. J. Parkin, R. Vogel, M. Persson, M. Funk, V. L. Loke, T. A. Nieminen, N. R. Heckenberg, and H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop, “Highly birefringent vaterite microspheres: production, characterization and applications for optical micromanipulation,” Opt. Express 17, 21944–21955 (2009).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

M. E. J. Friese, T. A. Nieminen, N. R. Heckenberg, and H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop, “Optical alignment and spinning of laser-trapped microscopic particles,” Nature 394, 348–350 (1998).
[Crossref]

M. E. J. Friese, J. Enger, H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop, and N. R. Heckenberg, “Optical angular-momentum transfer to trapped absorbing particles,” Phys. Rev. 54, 1593–1596 (1996).
[Crossref]

Jesacher, A.

Keen, S.

S. Keen, A. Yao, J. Leach, R. Di Leonardo, C. Saunter, G. Love, J. M. Cooper, and M. Padgett, “Multipoint viscosity measurements in microfluidic channels using optical tweezers,” Lab. on a Chip 9, 2059–2062 (2009).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

D. Preece, S. Keen, E. Botvinick, R. Bowman, M. Padgett, and J. Leach, “Independent polarisation control of multiple optical traps,” Opt. Express 16, 15897–15902 (2008).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Kenny, F.

Lara, D.

Leach, J.

Liesener, J.

J. Liesener, M. Reicherter, T. Haist, and H.J. Tiziani, “Multi-functional optical tweezers using computer-generated holograms,” Opt. Commun. 185, 77–82 (2000).
[Crossref]

Linnenberger, A.

J. L. Harriman, A. Linnenberger, and S. A. Serati, “Improving spatial light modulator performance through phase compensation,” Proc. SPIE 5553, 58 (2004).
[Crossref]

Loke, V. L.

Loke, V. L. Y.

T. Asavei, V. L. Y. Loke, M. Barbieri, T. A. Nieminen, N. R. Heckenberg, and H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop, “Optical angular momentum transfer to microrotors fabricated by two-photon photopolymerization,” New J. Phys. 11, 1–20 (2009).
[Crossref]

López-Quesada, C.

Love, G.

S. Keen, A. Yao, J. Leach, R. Di Leonardo, C. Saunter, G. Love, J. M. Cooper, and M. Padgett, “Multipoint viscosity measurements in microfluidic channels using optical tweezers,” Lab. on a Chip 9, 2059–2062 (2009).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Maia Neto, P. A.

R. S. Dutra, N. B. Viana, P. A. Maia Neto, and H. M. Nussenzveig, “Absolute calibration of optical tweezers including aberrations,” Apl. Phys. Lett. 100, 1311151 (2012).
[Crossref]

Marston, P. L.

P. L. Marston and J. H. Crichton, “Radiation torque on a sphere caused by a circularly-polarized electromagnetic wave,” Phys. Rev. A 30, 2508–2516 (1984).
[Crossref]

Martín-Badosa, E.

Maurer, C.

Meyer, R. L.

T. Wu, T. A. Nieminen, S. Mohanty, J. Miotke, R. L. Meyer, H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop, and M. W. Berns, “A photon-driven micromotor can direct nerve fibre growth,” Nature Photon. 6, 62–67 (2012).
[Crossref]

Miotke, J.

T. Wu, T. A. Nieminen, S. Mohanty, J. Miotke, R. L. Meyer, H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop, and M. W. Berns, “A photon-driven micromotor can direct nerve fibre growth,” Nature Photon. 6, 62–67 (2012).
[Crossref]

Moffitt, J. R.

J. R. Moffitt, Y. R. Chemla, S. B. Smith, and C. Bustamante, “Recent advances in optical tweezers,” Annu. Rev. Biochem. 77, 205–228 (2008).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Mohanty, S.

T. Wu, T. A. Nieminen, S. Mohanty, J. Miotke, R. L. Meyer, H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop, and M. W. Berns, “A photon-driven micromotor can direct nerve fibre growth,” Nature Photon. 6, 62–67 (2012).
[Crossref]

Montes-Usategui, M.

Moreno, I.

Nieminen, T. A.

T. Wu, T. A. Nieminen, S. Mohanty, J. Miotke, R. L. Meyer, H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop, and M. W. Berns, “A photon-driven micromotor can direct nerve fibre growth,” Nature Photon. 6, 62–67 (2012).
[Crossref]

T. Asavei, V. L. Y. Loke, M. Barbieri, T. A. Nieminen, N. R. Heckenberg, and H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop, “Optical angular momentum transfer to microrotors fabricated by two-photon photopolymerization,” New J. Phys. 11, 1–20 (2009).
[Crossref]

S. J. Parkin, R. Vogel, M. Persson, M. Funk, V. L. Loke, T. A. Nieminen, N. R. Heckenberg, and H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop, “Highly birefringent vaterite microspheres: production, characterization and applications for optical micromanipulation,” Opt. Express 17, 21944–21955 (2009).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

M. E. J. Friese, T. A. Nieminen, N. R. Heckenberg, and H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop, “Optical alignment and spinning of laser-trapped microscopic particles,” Nature 394, 348–350 (1998).
[Crossref]

Nussenzveig, H. M.

R. S. Dutra, N. B. Viana, P. A. Maia Neto, and H. M. Nussenzveig, “Absolute calibration of optical tweezers including aberrations,” Apl. Phys. Lett. 100, 1311151 (2012).
[Crossref]

Padgett, M.

S. Keen, A. Yao, J. Leach, R. Di Leonardo, C. Saunter, G. Love, J. M. Cooper, and M. Padgett, “Multipoint viscosity measurements in microfluidic channels using optical tweezers,” Lab. on a Chip 9, 2059–2062 (2009).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

D. Preece, S. Keen, E. Botvinick, R. Bowman, M. Padgett, and J. Leach, “Independent polarisation control of multiple optical traps,” Opt. Express 16, 15897–15902 (2008).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Padgett, M. J.

Parkin, S. J.

Persson, M.

Pleguezuelos, E.

Preece, D.

Reicherter, M.

J. Liesener, M. Reicherter, T. Haist, and H.J. Tiziani, “Multi-functional optical tweezers using computer-generated holograms,” Opt. Commun. 185, 77–82 (2000).
[Crossref]

Ritsch-Marte, M.

Rodrigo, P. J.

Rodríguez-Herrera, O. G.

Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H.

T. Wu, T. A. Nieminen, S. Mohanty, J. Miotke, R. L. Meyer, H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop, and M. W. Berns, “A photon-driven micromotor can direct nerve fibre growth,” Nature Photon. 6, 62–67 (2012).
[Crossref]

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Figures (8)

Fig. 1
Fig. 1

A schematic diagram of the stages employed for generation of multiple holographic optical traps with independent control of polarization states.

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Fig. 2
Fig. 2

Experimental setup with double incidence in a single SLM for both phase (A) and polarization (B) control. An example of masks for the creation of two tweezers with rotated states of polarization allows one to observe random distribution displayed at masks A and B.

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Fig. 3
Fig. 3

Polarization states as a function of gray level displayed at the LCD acting as a rotator. A strong lineal dependence exists between the rotation angle and gray levels. Nonetheless, for intermediate gray levels the polarization ellipses show a slight decrease of their flattening.

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Fig. 4

Images of both the phase and the polarization masks at the SLMs pupil, right before the entrance at the microscope objective for generating (a) two and (b) three traps. A linear polarizer was inserted in order to darken zones with rotated polarization. The red bar is the scale length, of 120 pixels of the SLM, approximately 972 μm.

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Fig. 5

Surface maps depicting quality function. This function gives a measure of the symmetry properties of the vortex. (b) Zoom of quality function around the region marked with a dashed line in (a).

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Fig. 6

Comparison of the vortex used without (a) and with (b) astigmatism correction. Likewise, aberrated (c) and partially compensated (d) PSFs are shown. The images are the negative version of the acquired ones.

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Fig. 7

Sequence of the induced rotations on birefringent particles of ( Media 1).

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Fig. 8

Route of programmed movements for two birefringent particles. (a) The two particles are rotating in opposite directions, while one is kept in a fixed position the other one is displaced ( Media 2). (b) In fixed positions, the same birefringent particles are rotating in opposite senses and later the rotation of the right hand side particle is switched to the same sense of the other. ( Media 3).

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M Rot = R ( − π / 4 ) ( 1 0 0 i ) R ( π / 4 ) ( 1 0 0 exp ( i ϕ ) ) R ( π / 4 ) ( 1 0 0 i ) R ( − π / 4 ) ,
M Rot = i exp { i ϕ 2 } R ( ϕ 2 ) .
φ ( r , θ ) = m θ + c 2 − 2 Z 2 − 2 + c 2 + 2 Z 2 + 2 ,

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