Optical manipulation and binding of microrods with multiple traps enabled in an inclined dual-fiber system.
We present experimental demonstrations of optical manipulation and optical binding of microscopic glass rods using the multiple traps created by a dual-fiber optical trapping system. Trapping, alignment, rotation, and stacking of glass rods were realized. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first time that cylindrical particles are optically trapped and bound by an optical fiber-based system. The optical manipulation of rods is also investigated through numerical simulations, which are used to quantitatively explain the experimental results. The ability of manipulating multiple particles of different shapes, as well as the integrable nature of the fiber-based setup, bestows the system the potential to be used in microfluidic systems for versatile particle manipulations.
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA.
Yuxiang
Y
Liu
Miao
M
Yu
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