Objective-lens-free Fiber-based Position Detection with Nanometer Resolution in a Fiber Optical Trapping System. 2017

Chaoyang Ti, and Minh-Tri Ho-Thanh, and Qi Wen, and Yuxiang Liu
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA, 01609, USA.

Position detection with high accuracy is crucial for force calibration of optical trapping systems. Most existing position detection methods require high-numerical-aperture objective lenses, which are bulky, expensive, and difficult to miniaturize. Here, we report an affordable objective-lens-free, fiber-based position detection scheme with 2 nm spatial resolution and 150 MHz bandwidth. This fiber based detection mechanism enables simultaneous trapping and force measurements in a compact fiber optical tweezers system. In addition, we achieved more reliable signal acquisition with less distortion compared with objective based position detection methods, thanks to the light guiding in optical fibers and small distance between the fiber tips and trapped particle. As a demonstration of the fiber based detection, we used the fiber optical tweezers to apply a force on a cell membrane and simultaneously measure the cellular response.

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