3 papers
physics.optics2026
Optical Self-Trapping and Nonlinear Light-Matter Interactions in Biological Soft Matter
Lu Tian, Xianyang Liang, Liqin Tang +5
Low-scattering, deep-penetration light transport in biological media remains a pivotal challenge for biophotonic technologies, including biomedical imaging, optical diagnostics, an…
physics.optics2019
Optical force-induced nonlinearity and self-guiding of light in human red blood cell suspensions
Rekha Gautam, Yinxiao Xiang, Josh Lamstein +12
Osmotic conditions play an important role in the cell properties of human red blood cells (RBCs), which are crucial for the pathological analysis of some blood diseases such as mal…
physics.optics2016
Optical disassembly of cellular clusters by tunable tug-of-war tweezers
Anna Bezryadina, Daryl Preece, Joseph C. Chen +1
Bacterial biofilms underlie many persistent infections, posing major hurdles in antibiotic treatment. Here, we design and demonstrate tug-of-war optical tweezers that can facilitat…