Optical tweezers are devices that uses focused laser beams to manipulate, trap, and move microscopic particles by utilizing the radiation pressure. in 2018, this field has garnered the Nobel Prize in Physics for its applications in biology such as studying the mechanical properties of DNA, RNA, and proteins. Optical tweezers also have pivotal applications in physics such as conducting atomic interferometry, sensing forces and torques, and probing the limits of some physical laws. This seminar will introduce the fundamental principles of optical tweezers and some of their applications in physics and biology. It will also discuss theoretical regimes of optical forces and some of the challenges faced in this field,

 

All faculty, researchers and students are invited to attend.