Optical tweezers use light to manipulate tiny particles — but only one at a time. If the light in the tweezers is a 'Bessel beam', this problem can be overcome, creating some interesting experimental possibilities.
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Hegner, M. The light fantastic. Nature 419, 125–127 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/419125a
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