Unique Optical Trapping System (IMAGE)

Optica

Unique Optical Trapping System

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Simple, self-aligning method traps tiny tapered glass fiber inside hollow-core optical fiber, with potential applications in laser cutting and basic physics research.

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Philip Russell, director at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light in Erlangen, Germany

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