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Miniaturized optical tweezers based on high-na micro-mirrors

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René Salathé, Fabrice Merenda, Johann Rohner
2009

Abstract

The invention relates to an optical tweezer device including at least one light source (2) and one three-dimensional optical trap (9,10), said optical trap comprising one focusing micro-mirror (7) which is adapted to reflect and focus at least a portion of the light (1) emitted by said light source.

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