Experiment information
Optical trapping is the laser capture of microscopic particles. Typical combinations are with Force measurement, Raman spectroscopy, Mie scattering spectroscopy, Confocal microscopy and Fluorescent Lifetime Imaging microscopy. For Raman spectroscopy we frequently, but not exclusively, use the trapping wavelength as the Raman probe.
Samples are typically polymer beads, emulsions, bacteria and cells dispersed in liquids. We can also offer airborne trapping of droplets and solids below 10 microns diameter and options for atomisation and nebulisation.