(March 18, 2015) Researchers
at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST)
have demonstrated a more robust method for controlling single, micron-sized
particles with light.
Passing light along optical microfibers or nanofibers to
manipulate particles has gained popularity in the past decade and has an array
of promising applications in physics and biology. Most research has focused on
using this technique with the basic profile of light, known as the fundamental
mode.