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An optical fiber optofluidic particle aspirator

An optical fiber optofluidic particle aspirator
An optical fiber optofluidic particle aspirator
A fiberized optofluidic particle trapping device based on a micro-slot fabricated in a standard single-mode optical fiber by femtosecond laser micromachining is demonstrated. While fluidic convective motions move a large number of microparticles into the slot, the optical mode propagating in the nearby optical fiber core is exploited to trap and propel the particles inside the slot, thereby facilitating their collection at one of the slot extremities. The combined effect of fluidic and optical trapping allows for the collection of particles from as far as 60µm away from the optical trap. Application to particle and live cell trapping and propulsion is demonstrated.
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Murugan, Ganapathy S.
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Belal, Mohammad
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Grivas, Christos
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Ding, Ming
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Wilkinson, James S.
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Murugan, Ganapathy S.
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Ding, Ming
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Wilkinson, James S.
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Murugan, Ganapathy S., Belal, Mohammad, Grivas, Christos, Ding, Ming, Wilkinson, James S. and Brambilla, Gilberto (2014) An optical fiber optofluidic particle aspirator. Applied Physics Letters, 105 (10), 101103. (doi:10.1063/1.4895576).

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Abstract

A fiberized optofluidic particle trapping device based on a micro-slot fabricated in a standard single-mode optical fiber by femtosecond laser micromachining is demonstrated. While fluidic convective motions move a large number of microparticles into the slot, the optical mode propagating in the nearby optical fiber core is exploited to trap and propel the particles inside the slot, thereby facilitating their collection at one of the slot extremities. The combined effect of fluidic and optical trapping allows for the collection of particles from as far as 60µm away from the optical trap. Application to particle and live cell trapping and propulsion is demonstrated.

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Accepted/In Press date: 29 August 2014
e-pub ahead of print date: 9 September 2014
Published date: 2014
Organisations: Optoelectronics Research Centre

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Local EPrints ID: 369222
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/369222
ISSN: 0003-6951
PURE UUID: 722d6fc7-2d96-4769-b90e-8b2b97b4fe94
ORCID for Ganapathy S. Murugan: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-2733-3273
ORCID for Mohammad Belal: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-5175-3158
ORCID for James S. Wilkinson: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-4712-1697
ORCID for Gilberto Brambilla: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-5730-0499

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Date deposited: 30 Sep 2014 11:10
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 03:32

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Author: Mohammad Belal ORCID iD
Author: Christos Grivas
Author: Ming Ding

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