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Structures resistant to Manipulation by all Wavefronts in two dimensions
Asher Sabbagh, Michael Horodynski, Rida Khan +2
Using light to manipulate small particles is a powerful tool with numerous practical applications across biophysics and nanotechnology. This experimental technique has achieved sig…
Wavefront Shaping of Scattering Forces Enhances Optical Trapping of Levitated Nanoparticles
Melissa Kleine, Michael Horodynski, Stefan Rotter +4
Optically-levitated nanoparticles in vacuum offer a pristine platform for high-quality mechanical oscillators, enabling a wide range of precision measurements and quantum technolog…
Tractor beams with optimal pulling force using structured waves
Michael Horodynski, Tobias Reiter, Matthias Kühmayer +1
Moving objects with optical or acoustical waves is a topic both of fundamental interest and of importance for a range of practical applications. One particularly intriguing example…
Photon-efficient optical tweezers via wavefront shaping
Unė G. Būtaitė, Christina Sharp, Michael Horodynski +5
Optical tweezers enable non-contact trapping of micro-scale objects using light. Despite their widespread use, it is currently not known how tightly it is possible to three-dimensi…
Optimal Wave Fields for Micro-manipulation in Complex Scattering Environments
Michael Horodynski, Matthias Kühmayer, Andre Brandstötter +4
The manipulation of small objects with light has become an indispensable tool in many areas of research ranging from physics to biology and medicine. Here we demonstrate how to imp…