title: Miniaturized high-NA focusing-mirror multiple optical tweezers.
abstract: An array of high numerical aperture parabolic micromirrors (NA = 0.96) is used to generate multiple optical tweezers and to trap micron-sized dielectric particles in three dimensions within a fluidic device. The array of micromirrors allows generating arbitrarily large numbers of 3D traps, since the whole trapping area is not restricted by the field-of-view of the high-NA microscope objectives used in traditional tweezers arrangements. Trapping efficiencies of Q(max) r approximately = 0.22, comparable to those of conventional tweezers, have been measured. Moreover, individual fluorescence light from all the trapped particles can be collected simultaneously with the high-NA of the micromirrors. This is demonstrated experimentally by capturing more than 100 fluorescent micro-beads in a fluidic environment. Micromirrors may easily be integrated in microfluidic devices, offering a simple and very efficient solution for miniaturized optical traps in lab-on-a-chip devices.
authors: Advanced Photonics Laboratory Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Station 17, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
authors: Fabrice
authors: F
authors: Merenda
authors: Johann
authors: J
authors: Rohner
authors: Jean-Marc
authors: JM
authors: Fournier
authors: René-Paul
authors: RP
authors: Salathé