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Spectrally reconfigurable integrated multi-spot particle trap.

ABSTRACT: Optical manipulation of small particles in the form of trapping, pushing, or sorting has developed into a vast field with applications in the life sciences, biophysics, and atomic physics. Recently, there has been increasing effort toward integration of particle manipulation techniques with integrated photonic structures on self-contained optofluidic chips. Here, we use the wavelength dependence of multi-spot pattern formation in multimode interference (MMI) waveguides to create a new type of reconfigurable, integrated optical particle trap. Interfering lateral MMI modes create multiple trapping spots in an intersecting fluidic channel. The number of trapping spots can be dynamically controlled by altering the trapping wavelength. This novel, spectral reconfigurability is utilized to deterministically move single and multiple particles between different trapping locations along the channel. This fully integrated multi-particle trap can form the basis of high throughput biophotonic assays on a chip.

SUBMITTER: Leake KD

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4833011 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Spectrally reconfigurable integrated multi-spot particle trap.

Leake Kaelyn D KD Olson Michael A B MA Ozcelik Damla D Hawkins Aaron R AR Schmidt Holger H

Optics letters 20151201 23

Optical manipulation of small particles in the form of trapping, pushing, or sorting has developed into a vast field with applications in the life sciences, biophysics, and atomic physics. Recently, there has been increasing effort toward integration of particle manipulation techniques with integrated photonic structures on self-contained optofluidic chips. Here, we use the wavelength dependence of multi-spot pattern formation in multimode interference (MMI) waveguides to create a new type of re ...[more]

PMID: 26625019

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