@article{PATENT, recid = {8715}, title = {Apparatus for using optical tweezers to manipulate materials}, number = {PATENT}, month = {May}, year = {2005}, abstract = {A method and apparatus for control of optical trap arrays and formation of particle arrays using light that is in the visible portion of the spectrum. The method and apparatus provides a laser and a time variable diffractive optical element to allow dynamic control of optical trap arrays and consequent control of particle arrays and also the ability to manipulate singular objects using a plurality of optical traps. By avoiding wavelengths associated with strong absorption in the underlying material, creating optical traps with a continuous-wave laser, optimizing the efficiency of individual traps, and trapping extended samples at multiple points, the rate of deleterious nonlinear optical processes can be minimized.}, url = {http://knowledge.uchicago.edu/record/8715}, }