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17 March 2023 Aberration corrected structured light for in-house fabrication of functional micro-structures
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Proceedings Volume PC12436, Complex Light and Optical Forces XVII; PC124360R (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2657795
Event: SPIE OPTO, 2023, San Francisco, California, United States
Abstract
We overview and further methods for using structured light to fabricate microscopic structures for optical trapping and cell study experiments through two-photon-photopolymerisation (2PP). We utilise a spatial light modulator (SLM) to correct wavefront distortions in-situ from gold nanoparticle reflections, which are shown to offer significant improvements for in-house nanofabrication. Aberration corrected 2PP offers a mechanism for using a simple, modified holographic optical tweezers apparatus to produce complex 3D micro-structures with as many as 50 independent foci. Custom-designed structures are used to induce and study the collective behaviour of bacteria allowing us to test otherwise simulated theories of cell dynamics.
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Declan Armstrong, Halina Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Timo Nieminen, and Alexander Stilgoe "Aberration corrected structured light for in-house fabrication of functional micro-structures", Proc. SPIE PC12436, Complex Light and Optical Forces XVII, PC124360R (17 March 2023); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2657795
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KEYWORDS
Structured light

Optical tweezers

Two photon polymerization

Diffraction

Holography

Motion analysis

Nonlinear optics

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