Session 2

[OMC4-03] 3D Orientation Control of Irregular Microparticles Using Adaptive Optical Tweezers

*Ryohei Omine¹, Shuzo Masui², Shotaro Kadoya¹, Masaki Michihata¹, Satoru Takahashi¹ (1. Dept. of Precision Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 2. Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology)

We proposed and demonstrated the concept of adaptive optical tweezers, which realizes 3D orientation control of irregular microparticles by automatically adapting the illumination patterns to the observed shapes of microparticles in real time.