Laser-tweezer-controlled solid immersion microscopy in microfluidic systems.

Aaron L Birkbeck; Sanja Zlatanovic; Sadik C Esener; Mihrimah Ozkan

doi:10.1364/ol.30.002712

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Laser-tweezer-controlled solid immersion microscopy in microfluidic systems.

Aaron L Birkbeck·Sanja Zlatanovic·Sadik C Esener·Mihrimah Ozkan

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We describe the creation and implementation of a near-field scanning solid immersion microscope that is specifically tailored for use in microfluidic systems. The microscope comprises a newly fabricated Weierstrass solid immersion lens (SIL), which is detached from its substrate and is free floating in the fluid, and a laser optical tweezer, which serves both as a trapping beam for alignment and positioning of the SIL and as a near-field scanning beam that images the sample through the SIL. A discussion of the SIL's fabrication method is presented along with experimental results that demonstrate the effectiveness of our microscope design.

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Aaron L Birkbeck, Sanja Zlatanovic, Sadik C Esener, Mihrimah Ozkan. 2005-10-15. Laser-tweezer-controlled solid immersion microscopy in microfluidic systems.. https://doi.org/10.1364/ol.30.002712

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