Single optical tweezers based on elliptical core fiber

Yu Zhang, Li Zhao, Yunhao Chen, Zhihai Liu, Yaxun Zhang, Enming Zhao, Jun Yang, Libo Yuan

We propose and demonstrate a new single optical tweezers based on an elliptical core fiber, which can realize the trapped yeast cell rotation with a precise and simple control. Due to the elliptical shape of the fiber core, the LP11 mode beam can propagate stably. When we rotate the fiber tip, the LP11 mode beam will also rotate along with the fiber tip, which helps to realize the trapped micro-particle rotation. By using this method, we can easily realize the rotation of the trapped yeast cells, the rotating angle of the yeast cell is same as the elliptical core fiber tip.

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