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We demonstrate a method to double the collection efficiency in Laser Tweezers Raman Spectroscopy (LTRS) by collecting both the forward and back-scattered light in a single-shot multitrack measurement. Our method can collect signals at…

Optics · Physics 2021-06-09 Tobias Dahlberg , Magnus Andersson

Robot grasping is an actively studied area in robotics, mainly focusing on the quality of generated grasps for object manipulation. However, despite advancements, these methods do not consider the human-robot collaboration settings where…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-10-10 Abhinav K. Keshari , Hanwen Ren , Ahmed H. Qureshi

The preparation of large, low-entropy, highly coherent ensembles of identical quantum systems is foundational for many studies in quantum metrology, simulation, and information. Here, we realize these features by leveraging the favorable…

Non-invasive optical manipulation of particles has emerged as a powerful and versatile tool for biological study and nanotechnology. In particular, trapping and rotation of cells, cell nuclei and sub-micron particles enables unique…

Deep learning has rapidly become a widespread tool in both scientific and commercial endeavors. Milestones of deep learning exceeding human performance have been achieved for a growing number of tasks over the past several years, across…

In this work, we present the experimental optical trap of microparticles with an Airy beams array using a holographic optical tweezers. The Airy beams array are attractive for optical manipulation of particles owing to their…

We trap atoms in versatile two-dimensional (2D) arrays of optical potentials, prepare flexible 2D spin configurations, perform site-selective coherent manipulation, and demonstrate the implementation of simultaneous measurements of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-02-18 Jens Kruse , Christian Gierl , Malte Schlosser , Gerhard Birkl

We describe a simple and compact experimental setup for optical tweezer arrays of 87Rb atoms. This setup includes a compact vacuum system, a single cooling laser, a simple tweezer laser, and a flexible control system. The small vacuum…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2026-04-15 Xue Zhao , Xiao Wang , Wentao Yang , Xiaoyu Dai , Yirong Wang , Guangren Sun , Fangshi Jia , Kuiyi Gao , Wei Zhang

Investigating the dynamics of single biomolecules is essential for unlocking new frontiers in biophysics and medicine. Here, we present a transformative approach using metamaterial optical tweezers to trap and study individual urease…

This paper presents a microfluidic device that implements standing surface acoustic waves in order to handle single cells, droplets, and generally particles. The particles are moved in a very controlled manner by the two-dimensional…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2012-11-14 S. B. Q. Tran , Philippe Marmottant , Pierre Thibault

Advances in robotic control and sensing have propelled the rise of automated scientific laboratories capable of high-throughput experiments. However, automated scientific laboratories are currently limited by human intuition in their…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-12-18 Saaketh Desai , Sadhvikas Addamane , Jeffrey Y. Tsao , Igal Brener , Laura P. Swiler , Remi Dingreville , Prasad P. Iyer

Modern deep learning relies nearly exclusively on dedicated electronic hardware accelerators. Photonic approaches, with low consumption and high operation speed, are increasingly considered for inference but, to date, remain mostly limited…

Grasping constitutes a critical challenge for visually impaired people. To address this problem, we developed a tactile bracelet that assists in grasping by guiding the user's hand to a target object using vibration commands. Here we…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-04-24 Marcin Furtak , Florian Pätzold , Tim Kietzmann , Silke M. Kärcher , Peter König

Automated and computerised control of scientific instrumentation is almost ubiquitous in the modern laboratory. Most instrumentation is controlled over decades old communication busses or is accessed via proprietary system libraries. This…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-01-07 Joel T. Collins , Joe Knapper , Julian Stirling , Samuel McDermott , Richard Bowman

We demonstrate a set of tools for microscopic control of neutral strontium atoms. We report single-atom loading into an array of sub-wavelength scale optical tweezers, light-shift free control of a narrow-linewidth optical transition,…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2019-01-02 M. A. Norcia , A. W. Young , A. M. Kaufman

Optical tweezers use laser light to trap and move microscopic particles in space. Here we demonstrate a similar control over ultrashort light pulses, but in time. Our experiment involves temporal cavity solitons that are stored in a passive…

Optics · Physics 2015-08-05 Jae K. Jang , Miro Erkintalo , Stephane Coen , Stuart G. Murdoch

In this paper it is developed a simple, analytical and very efficient method capable to provide control of optical beam's intensity over an arbitrary curvilinear (planar) trajectory. The same method also provides the possibility of managing…

Optics · Physics 2018-08-14 Michel Zamboni-Rached

Fully autonomous mobile robots have a multitude of potential applications, but guaranteeing robust navigation performance remains an open research problem. For many tasks such as repeated infrastructure inspection, item delivery, or…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-07-30 Dominic Dall'Osto , Tobias Fischer , Michael Milford

Fast, robust, and flexible part feeding is essential for enabling automation of low volume, high variance assembly tasks. An actuated vision-based solution on a traditional vibratory feeder, referred to here as a vision trap, should in…

Cutting edge detectors push sensing technology by further improving spatial and temporal resolution, increasing detector area and volume, and generally reducing backgrounds and noise. This has led to a explosion of more and more data being…