title: Optimizing your optical tweezers.
abstract: 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.
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Evanko
mesh_terms: D001704:Biopolymers / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D003198:Computer Simulation; D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D004548:Elasticity; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D007834:Lasers; D008846:Micromanipulation / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D008956:Models, Chemical; D008958:Models, Molecular; D013314:Stress, Mechanical
chemical_list: D001704:Biopolymers