AVO PHOTONICS Optofluidics NanoTweezer for system design and manufacturing services is made up of three components: a microscope flow system that sits atop the microscope platform, removable waveguide chips which are inserted into the flow system, and a bench-top control unit. Product allows users to isolate objects more than 10 times smaller than those trapped by traditional optical tweezers. Using a beam of light to capture nanoscale objects floated in fluid, the optical tweezers provide a way for these particles to be studied and manipulated under a microscope. Unit uses photonic resonator chips to create a miniscule aperture in the near-field, allowing the beam to attract particles as small as 5nm in size. The 1060nm-wavelength laser beam causes no negative heating effects or other damage to biological objects. The ability to safely isolate and study particles of this size is critical for future advancements in physiology, medicine and material science.
