title: Construction of a high resolution microscope with conventional and holographic optical trapping capabilities.
abstract: High resolution microscope systems with optical traps allow for precise manipulation of various refractive objects, such as dielectric beads (1) or cellular organelles (2,3), as well as for high spatial and temporal resolution readout of their position relative to the center of the trap. The system described herein has one such "traditional" trap operating at 980 nm. It additionally provides a second optical trapping system that uses a commercially available holographic package to simultaneously create and manipulate complex trapping patterns in the field of view of the microscope (4,5) at a wavelength of 1,064 nm. The combination of the two systems allows for the manipulation of multiple refractive objects at the same time while simultaneously conducting high speed and high resolution measurements of motion and force production at nanometer and piconewton scale.
authors: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Utah, USA.
authors: Jacqualine
authors: J
authors: Butterfield
authors: Weili
authors: W
authors: Hong
authors: Leslie
authors: L
authors: Mershon
authors: Michael
authors: M
authors: Vershinin
mesh_terms: D006696:Holography / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D008853:Microscopy / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D055095:Optics and Photonics / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods
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