🔬 Optical Tweezers & Trapping

Arthur Ashkin's 2018 Nobel Prize optical trap. Focused Gaussian laser beam gradient forces trap micro-particles and counter thermal Brownian diffusion.

CLICK & DRAG LASER WAIST FOCUS TO CATCH & MOVE BEADS Trap Restoring Force: 0.00 pN
Trap Stiffness (k)
0.085 pN/nm
Thermal Energy (kBT)
4.1 pN·nm (295 K)
Status
Bead Trapped
Laser Power (1064 nm) 80 mW
Thermal Brownian Agitation Normal (1.0x)