Physical review letters
Using Optical Tweezers to Simultaneously Trap, Charge, and Measure the Charge of a Microparticle in Air.
Andrea Stoellner, Isaac C D Lenton, Artem G Volosniev, James Millen, Renjiro Shibuya, Hisao Ishii, Dmytro Rak, Zhanybek Alpichshev, Grégory David, Ruth Signorell, Caroline Muller, Scott Waitukaitis
Published: 202510.1103/5xd9-4tjj
Abstract
Optical tweezers are widely used as a highly sensitive tool to measure forces on micron-scale particles. One such application is the measurement of the electric charge of a particle, which can be done with high precision in liquids, air, or vacuum. W…
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