阵列光镊的发展与应用

在生命科学研究中和在微量液体环境下分离液体中的细胞、生物大分子或胶体颗粒一直是一项具有挑战性的工作。"光镊"技术自20世纪80年代被提出到现在,在生命科学研究领域已经得到了日益广泛的运用。激光对细胞捕获的作用已得到进一步扩展,二维"光镊阵列"技术是近年来"光镊"技术中最重要的发展之一。讨论了阵列光镊的发展现状及基本原理,分析了它在生命科学中的应用,并对其发展趋势进行了展望。     

光镊技术在气溶胶物理化学表征中的应用

有机气溶胶的热/动力学研究是多学科交叉的前沿研究领域,其核心问题主要是非理想混合包括挥发性、液-液相分离、非平衡传质动力学等,精确测量这些过程相关理化参数是目前研究的瓶颈。光镊系统可以悬浮气溶胶单颗粒,获得高信噪比受激拉曼光谱,在研究气溶胶物理化学性质与其大气效应中具有独到优势。被广泛用于有机及其与无机混合体系气溶胶的吸湿性、挥发性、水传质动力学、液-液相分离过程研究中。本文综述了激光悬浮气溶胶单颗粒技术的研究进展,主要包括光镊技术的原理和技术手段,以及在气溶胶关键物理化学参数测量中的应用。通过光镊系统,一方面可以获得重要理化参数的精确结果,另一方面可以对实际环境中悬浮液滴的状态进行模拟测量,从而为大气科学的研究与污染治理提供重要支撑。     

Trap position control in the vicinity of reflecting surfaces in optical tweezers

Shift of the trap position from the laser beam waist of optical tweezers is studied experimentally in the presence of a reflecting surface in the vicinity of the focal plane. A standing wave is formed owing to the interference of waves forming the waist and reflected from the surface. The standing wave is shown to affect significantly the resulting trap position. The distance between the surface and the stable optical trap as a function of the trapped particle size is studied numerically. A new method to stabilize the position of the microparticle relative to the surface is proposed. The localization accuracy is determined by the Brownian fluctuations in optical tweezers and is about 10 nm for effective trap stiffness of 4 × 10^?5 N/m.     

考虑光镊效应的飞秒激光双光子加工线宽

采用自由基浓度起伏理论结合光镊集聚效应,理论研究了飞秒激光双光子加工的线宽问题。根据双光子光聚合过程中自由基浓度随时间变化的关系,考虑光镊效应对自由基分布范围的影响,得到了飞秒激光双光子加工线宽的表达式。研究了线宽随扫描速度与激光功率的变化关系,并讨论了不同光引发剂对线宽的影响。得到了以自由基浓度起伏为基础,并考虑光镊效应的双光子加工线宽表达式,该结果与实验结果相符。研究结果为飞秒激光双光子加工的研究提供了新的思路,为光镊集聚效应对线宽影响的实验研究提供了理论依据。     

基于扭曲向列液晶空间光调制器的矢量光生成

基于扭曲向列型液晶空间光调制器的旋光特性, 根据空间光调制器所加电压和加载相位与旋光角度的对应关系, 设计了可以生成多种涡旋矢量光的通用光路. 利用该原理和光路系统, 在实验上生成了多种携带轴对称相位的矢量光以及图案般复杂的矢量光, 观察和检测了它们的偏振特性, 获得了较好的实验结果. 并且模拟了具有涡旋相位的矢量光的紧聚焦场, 分析了它们的紧聚焦特性. 由于这种生成矢量光的方法光路装置简单、操作容易, 产生矢量光的过程中几乎不损失能量, 并且不存在聚焦过程, 因此在如强激光矢量光束与物质相互作用、激光加速等方面具有重要的应用潜力.     

双光子聚合多次快速扫描机制与小线宽研究

采用自由基浓度起伏理论并考虑光镊集聚效应,理论研究了飞秒激光双光子聚合多次快速扫描的线宽问题。根据双光子光聚合过程中自由基浓度随时间变化的关系,考虑光镊力及自由扩散效应对自由基分布的影响,得到了多次快速扫描加工线宽的表达式。研究了多次扫描过程中产生自由基浓度随扫描次数的变化、双光子聚合加工不同扫描次数下加工线宽随激光功率的变化、多次扫描过程中间隔时间对于加工线宽的影响。多次扫描的线宽表达式可以直接回归至单次扫描的一般公式,且理论结果与文献中实验加工线宽相吻合,两者误差在2%。控制扫描间隔时间,减少自由基的向外扩散运动以及被树脂材料内大分子猝灭,使得活性自由基的分布更为集中,可以获得更小的加工线宽。研究结果为飞秒激光双光子更小线宽加工的研究提供了新的思路,为飞秒激光多次快速扫描加工提供了理论依据。     

Phase-transition-like properties of double-beam optical tweezers

We report on double-beam optical tweezers that undergo previously unknown phase-transition-like behavior resulting in the formation of more optical traps than the number of beams used to create them. We classify the optical force fields which produce multiple traps for a double-beam system including the critical behavior. This effect is demonstrated experimentally in orthogonally polarized (noninterfering) dual-beam optical tweezers for a silica particle of 2.32 μm diameter. Phase transitions of multiple beam trapping systems have implications for hopping rates between traps and detection of forces between biomolecules using dual-beam optical tweezers. It is an example of a novel dynamic system with multiple states where force fields undergo a series of sign inversions as a function of parameters such as size and beam separation.     

Controlled rotation and orientation of rubrene particles and Escherichia coli using optical tweezers

Optical trapping and rotating of suspended micro-sized rubrene particles were performed using optical tweezers with circularly polarized light. The experimental results show that the rotation speed of the rubrene particles is proportional to the laser power, and the orientation of the rubrene particles can be controlled by the optical tweezers with linearly polarized light. Interestingly, by combining with the rubrene particle, the Escherichia coli (E. coli) can be rotated and oriented by optical tweezers. However, the rotating and orientating are mainly determined by the characteristics of rubrene particles. Our experiment provides a simple and convenient way to orient biological particles even if they are not sensitive to the polarization of the laser beam. Moreover, the rubrene can emit strong fluorescence when excited by the laser at the wavelength of 532 nm, and which can be potential applied to manipulate other particles with the fluorescence characteristics.     

激光捕获技术及其发展

激光捕获技术是利用光辐射力来捕捉、移动和操纵微粒的先进技术。光镊即单光束梯度力光阱是通过在高度会聚的激光束束腰附近所产生的极高的场强梯度来形成皮牛顿量级的力,可以三维地捕获和操纵微小粒子。阐述了激光捕获技术的模型和原理以及系统的基本结构;追踪了激光捕获技术的最新研究进展;介绍了非高斯型光阱、光纤光阱和全息光镊等几种特殊形式,并分析了每种形式的特点。展望了激光捕获技术的发展前景。     

有限远共轭显微镜光镊设计和误差分析

光镊是研究单分子生物物理特性的独特工具, 因而光镊设备的研发是一个极为重要的课题. 本文根据矩阵光学, 对基于有限远共轭显微镜的光镊操控光路进行计算, 得出了阱位径向操控和轴向操控方程, 并分析了光束调控系统、 共焦系统后置透镜和耦合透镜安装位置误差及物镜轴向位置调整对光镊阱位径向及轴向操控精度的影响. 计算结果显示, 当物镜初级像面和耦合透镜像方焦面完全重合, 光束调控系统和耦合透镜的距离误差对阱位径向和轴向操控精度没有影响. 光镊系统元器件定位不准时, 基于无限远共轭显微镜光镊的阱位径向操控误差和轴向操控误差都小于基于有限远共轭显微镜光镊的阱位径向操控误差和轴向操控误差. 当光镊耦合透镜定位误差控制在小于10 mm时, 基于有限远共轭显微镜光镊的径向和轴向操控误差分别小于5.9%和11.4%, 有限远共轭显微镜仍然存在改造为光镊的价值.本文理论为基于有限远共轭显微镜的光镊设计、改造和操控提供理论和实验指导. 关键词： 光镊 光学设计 矩阵 误差     

Novel optical techniques for measurements of light extinction,scattering and absorption by single aerosol particles

Aerosol particles play important roles in a broad range of scientific disciplines, from atmospheric chemistry and physics, to the delivery of fuels for combustion and drugs to the lungs, and extending to industrial processes such as spray drying. Measurements of the light extinction, scattering and absorption by ensembles of aerosol particles can be used to non‐intrusively characterise aerosol particle samples. However, such measurements often lead to ambiguity in interpreting the properties and processes occurring on individual particles. In this review, recent developments in the use of laser based techniques to isolate and manipulate single particles and to characterise them will be highlighted. In particular, the use of cavity ring down spectroscopy, Bessel beams and optical tweezers for investigating light extinction, scattering and absorption, respectively, will be considered. The prospects for using optical techniques to interrogate the fundamental processes occurring in aerosol at the single particle level are discussed.     

Manipulation on human red blood cells with femtosecond optical tweezers

Different types of femtosecond optical tweezers have become a powerful tool in the modern biological field. However, how to control the irregular targets, including biological cells, using femtosecond optical tweezers remains to be explored. In this study, human red blood cells (hRBCs) are manipulated with femtosecond optical tweezers, and their states under different laser powers are investigated. The results indicate that optical potential traps only can capture the edge of hRBCs under the laser power from 1.4 to 2.8 mW, while it can make hRBCs turn over with the laser power more than 2.8 roW. It is suggested that femtosecond optical tweezers could not only manipulate biological cells, but also subtly control its states by adjusting the laser power.     

Nanophotonics of isolated spherical particles

The problem of extreme focusing of an optical beam into the spatial region with wavelength dimensions is considered with the use of the special features of radiation interaction with isolated spherical particles. Results of numerical computations of the optical field intensity at the surface of silver particles of different radii upon exposure to laser radiation with different wavelengths are presented. It is demonstrated that the relative intensity of the plasmon optical field on the nanoparticle surface increases and the field focusing region decreases with increasing particle radius. Results of numerical computations illustrating the influence of the shell of composite nanoparticles comprising a dielectric core and a metal shell on the optical field intensity in the vicinity of the particle are presented. The problem of local optical foci of a transparent microparticle (photonic nanojets) is investigated. It is established that variation of the micron particle size, its optical properties, and laser radiation parameters allows the amplitude and spatial characteristics of the photonic nanojet region to be controlled efficiently.     

参考光束型激光多普勒测速仪的误差分析

阐述了参考光束型激光多普勒测速仪的基本原理,从理论上分析了原理公式近似、高斯光束干涉、激光线宽、探测器孔径、有限渡越时间、信号处理算法、空气折射率变化及角度测量等诸多因素对激光多普勒测速仪测量结果造成的误差,研究并给出了每一种影响因素所引起误差的理论公式,在每一种影响因素中具体讨论了各种光学参数对测量误差的影响并对部分参数进行实验研究。理论分析和实验表明:在实验中需要选择线宽较窄的激光器及孔径较小的光电探测器,而在选择光束光斑半径和信号光中心光线的方向与粒子运动方向的夹角时,既要考虑激光的质量和多普勒信号的强度,同时也需要考虑原理公式近似、探测器孔径的尺寸、有限渡越时间及高斯光束干涉等多种因素对测量结果的影响。     

INCREASING TRANSVERSE STABILITY OF OPTICAL TWEEZERS BY USING DUAL-GAUSSIAN BEAM PROFILE

Trapping force was calculated with a homogeneous dielectric sphere model. Results indicate that the transverse trapping force of optical tweezers can be increased effectively through modifying laser beam profile while the axial stability of the system is still assured. This is quite important when optical tweezers are applied to the precise measurements for single biological molecule.     

Mechanical equivalence of spin and orbital angular momentum of light: an optical spanner

We use a Laguerre-Gaussian laser mode within an optical tweezers arrangement to demonstrate the transfer of the orbital angular momentum of a laser mode to a trapped particle. The particle is optically confined in three dimensions and can be made to rotate; thus the apparatus is an optical spanner. We show that the spin angular momentum of +/-?per photon associated with circularly polarized light can add to, or subtract from, the orbital angular momentum to give a total angular momentum. The observed cancellation of the spin and orbital angular momentum shows that, as predicted, a Laguerre-Gaussian mode with an azimuthal mode index l=1 has a well-defined orbital angular momentum corresponding to ? per photon.     

近场光镊技术研究新进展

光镊技术,又称光学捕获技术,它是利用光的辐射压力来捕获和操纵包括电介质颗粒、生物细胞及生物大分子在内的微小粒子的。近场光镊技术利用近场光学倏逝场随距离急剧衰减的特征,可显著地降低捕获粒子的尺寸,实现纳米捕获。追踪了近场光镊技术的最新进展,包括全内反射相干倏逝场、近场光学镀膜光纤探针尖、激光照明金属探针尖和聚焦倏逝场用于近场光学捕获,并对其进行了比较,分析了它们存在的主要问题和未来发展方向。     

光镊力影响因素的计算分析

运用基于T矩阵算法的开源光镊计算工具包对可能影响光镊力的微粒尺寸、相对折射率以及光束模式进行了研究,计算结果表明,这三方面因素都会对光镊力产生显著影响,微粒直径与波长相等、相对折射率尽可能大时选择恰当的光束模式能够产生最佳的光镊捕获效果.     

Computer simulation of the collision frequency of two particles in optical tweezers

Optical tweezers have been successfully used in the study of colloid science. In most applications people are concerned with the behaviour of a single particle held in the optical tweezers. Recently, the ability of the optical tweezers to simultaneously hold two particles has been used to determine the stability ratio of colloidal dispersion. This new development stimulates the efforts to explore the characteristics of a two-particle system in the optical tweezers.An infinite spherical potential well has been used to estimate the collision frequency for two particles in the optical trap based on a Monte Carlo simulation. In this article, a more reasonable harmonic potential, commonly accepted for the optical tweezers, is adopted in a Monte Carlo simulation of the collision frequency. The effect of hydrodynamic interaction of particles in the trap is also considered. The simulation results based on this improved model show quantitatively that the collision frequency drops down sharply at first and then decreases slowly as the distance between the two particles increases. The simulation also shows how the collision frequency is related to the stiffness of the optical tweezers.     

大气颗粒物多参数激光自混合传感的数值模拟与特性分析

基于颗粒物米氏散射特性、激光自混合三镜腔理论和激光器稳态条件,推导出在大气颗粒物光反馈下激光器频率、功率、线宽的理论表达式,建立了大气颗粒物光反馈下的激光自混合理论模型。同时,数值模拟和分析了大气颗粒物物理参数对激光自混合干涉信号的影响。结果表明,在一定粒径范围内,激光自混合反馈强度随大气颗粒物粒径增大先增大后减小,且反馈强度峰值出现的位置随颗粒物折射率实部的增大、虚部的减小向粒径较大处移动;自混合系统的外腔长度影响自混合干涉信号的波动深度,激光器输出光信号的幅值随外腔长度增大呈指数衰减;自混合干涉信号波动频率与大气颗粒物运动速度呈线性关系。分析结果对基于激光自混合效应的大气颗粒物多物理参数传感具有重要作用。