User:Steven J. Koch/080327 OT Talk

Refs

• Valentine, Block, et al. 2008 Optics Letters paper, EODs

• Josh Shaevitz's Practical Guide to Optical Tweezers (From his web page here)
  • Page 10 for AOD diagram.
  • Page 15 for power spectru

• Richard Yeh's Master Thesis at Cornell
  • Scale diagram of tweezers
  • Page 23, detector signal
  • Page 29, trap geometry
  • Page 30, Find Tether Center

• Neuman and Block OT Review

Components

generic OT setup (RockyRaccoon on wikipedia)

• Laser
  • DPSS
  • Diode
  • Other
• Attenuator / Attenuation scheme
  • Motorized half-lambda + Polarizing beam splitting cube
  • AOM (alone) or AOM as part of AOD
• Steering
  • Manual component (telescope)
  • Automated component
    • AOD
    • Piezo stage
    • Piezo mirror
    • EOD
• Objective (/microscope)
• Condenser (/microscope /objective)
• Detector / Detection scheme
• Software
  • Control software
  • Analysis software
• Calibration