Programmable Phase Optics
Projects
ATOM3D: Advanced
techniques for Optical Manipulation using novel three-dimensional light
fields
The aim is to develop novel optical manipulation techniques, for
"optical tweezers," whereby the momentum carried by the photons of an
intense laser beam can be used to manipulate microscopic objects, ranging
from atoms to particles in the micron size range. It opens the way for
trapping and localising tiny biological samples such as viruses and DNA, and
has exciting applications in fundamental science (optics, atomic physics)
and technology, including micro-fluidics.
Duration: 36 months starting 1 July 2004
Description of collaboration
|
Partner |
Expertise |
|---|---|
| University of St. Andrews, United Kingdom |
Novel optical landscapes |
| Risø National Laboratory, Denmark |
Advanced techniques for optical manipulation using GPC-generated beams |
| THALES Research Technology, France |
Spatial light modulators |
| Institute of Scientific Instruments, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic |
Interferometric optical trapping |
| Institute of Biophysics, Biological Research Centre, Hungarian Academy of Sciences |
Microfabrication, photopolymerization and microfluidics |
| Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden |
Microfluidics and biological applications |
| Fundació Privada Institut de Ciencies Fotóniques, Spain |
Nanotweezers |
ATOM3D is among the first 10 NEST-ADVENTURE projects funded by the European Commission under the
6th Framework - FP6 program.
The NEST (New and Emerging Science
and Technology) is a new activity
supporting unconventional and visionary research with the potential to open
new fields for European science and technology. It will also support
research on new potential problems uncovered by science and help to
consolidate European efforts in emerging fields of research. The key
requirement of ADVENTURE projects is that they must be very challenging and
ambitious. They will aim to develop new scientific knowledge and
technological capabilities with very high potential impact, using
unconventional and innovative approaches.
Read more about EU-FP6-NEST via the
CORDIS site or the
European
Commission site.
The first 10 NEST-ADVENTURE Projects of the EU-FP6 via the
CORDIS site
or the European Commission site.
Last update:
23-04-2009