optical tweezers
Americannoun
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Nanoprobes or optical tweezers with sizes in the nanometre range are now within reach.
From Science Daily • Jan. 17, 2024
It traps neutral atoms using tightly focused laser beams, called optical tweezers, and encodes qubits in the electronic states of the atoms or in the spins of atoms’ nuclei.
From Scientific American • Feb. 13, 2023
His breakthrough, reported in a 1970 paper that was published despite initial skepticism from Bell Labs, marked the first step toward the creation of optical tweezers.
From Washington Post • Sep. 28, 2020
Dr Ashkin developed a laser technique described as optical tweezers, which is used to study biological systems.
From BBC • Oct. 2, 2018
Among other things, optical tweezers can keep a tiny organism swimming in place while scientists study its paddling flagella under a microscope.
From Time Magazine Archive
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