3 papers
physics.optics2026
Observation of Light-Driven Levitation Near Epsilon-Near-Zero Surfaces
Maria Grazia Donato, Michael Hinczewski, Theodore Letsou +6
Optical manipulation of micro- and nanoparticles near surfaces is fundamental for applications in sensing and microfluidics, yet controlling particle-surface interactions remains c…
physics.optics2025
Faster calculations of optical trapping using neural networks trained by T-matrix data: an application to micro and nanoplastics
Shadi Rezaei, David Bronte Ciriza, Abdollah Hassanzadeh +5
We employ neural networks to improve and speed up optical force calculations for dielectric particles. The network is first trained on a limited set of data obtained through accura…
physics.optics2024
Optical Calibration of Holographic Acoustic Tweezers
Sonia Marrara, David Bronte Ciriza, Alessandro Magazzu +8
Recently, acoustic tweezers based on an array of ultrasonic transducers have been reported taking inspiration from holographic optical tweezers. In the latter technique, the calibr…