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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 1990
Filed:
Sep. 17, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Arthur Ashkin, Rumson, NJ (US);
Joseph M Dziedzic, Clark, NJ (US);
Assignees:
American Telephone and Telegraph Company, New York, NY (US);
AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
350-11 ;
Abstract
Biological particles are successfully trapped in a single-beam gradient force trap using an infrared laser. The high numerical aperture lens objective in the trap is also used for simultaneous viewing. Several modes of trapping operation are presented.