TY - JOUR T1 - All-optical manipulation of photonic membranes JF - Opt. Express Y1 - 2021 A1 - Meisam Askari A1 - Blair C. Kirkpatrick A1 - Tomáš Čižmár A1 - Andrea Di Falco KW - KF KW - MF AB -

We demonstrate the all-optical manipulation of polymeric membranes in microfluidic environments. The membranes are decorated with handles for their use in holographic optical tweezers systems. Our results show that due to their form factor the membranes present a substantial increase in their mechanical stability, respect to micrometric dielectric particles. This intrinsic superior stability is expected to improve profoundly a wide range of bio-photonic applications that rely on the optical manipulation of micrometric objects.

VL - 29 UR - http://www.opticsexpress.org/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-29-10-14260 ER -