Figures, schemes & tables
From the following article
A revolution in optical manipulation
David G. Grier
Nature 424, - pp810 - 816 (2003)
doi:10.1038/nature01935
Figure 1
Optical tweezers use a strongly focused beam of light to trap objects.
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Figure 2
Creation of a large number of optical tweezers by using a computer-generated holograms.
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Figure 3
Polysterene and silica spheres in two- and three-dimensional configurations of holographic optical tweezers created from a single laser beam with a computer-designed hologram of a single beam's wavefront.
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Figure 4
The diffraction-limited focus of an optical tweezer is ideal for spatially localized photochemistry.
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Figure 5
Optical pump and valve constructed of colloidal particles in microfluidic channels activated with optical tweezers.
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Figure 6
Optical vortices and optical spanners created from helical modes of light.
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Figure 8
The radial phase profile 
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creates a diffractionless Bessel beam that focuses to a long axial trap that can extend for millimetres.
