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Friday, January 11, 2013

Fiber-optic rotation of micro-scale structures enabled microfluidic actuation and self-scanning two-photon excitation

Bryan J. Black, Dijun Luo, and Samarendra K. Mohanty
Here, we report non-restricted, controlled fiber optic rotation of micro-motor, in counter-propagating fiber-optic beams having transverse-offset, for actuation of microfluidic flow. Ray-optics based simulations of the torque (and angular velocity) were conducted for different fiber transverse-offsets in order to determine optimal geometry for effective actuation. Further, self-scanning two-photon excitation of the fiber-optically rotated microscopic object is achieved by use of an ultrafast laser beam in one of the fiber arm.

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