@inproceedings{2f18b523dfec400388c20b1cf8e369f4,
title = "Optical trapping for engineering manufacture",
abstract = "Since their invention just over 20 years ago, optical traps have emerged as a powerful tool with broadreaching applications in biology, physics and now potentially engineering. Capabilities have evolved from simple manipulation to the application of calibrated forces on - and the measurement of nanometer-level displacements of optically trapped objects. The newly formed North West Laser Engineering Consortium (NWLEC), a strategic alliance between the Universities of Liverpool and Manchester in the North West of England UK, has an ongoing research programme to demonstrate the engineering capabilities of this non-contact micromanipulation technique for micro-assembly and manufacture. In this paper the principle of operation, the current capabilities and current work in optical trapping for engineering manufacture by NWLEC are detailed.",
author = "Edwardson, {Stuart P.} and Walter Perrie and Martin Sharp and Geoff Dearden and Wang, {Zengbo B.} and David Whitehead and Philip Crouse and Zhu Lui and Lin Li and Watkins, {Ken G.}",
year = "2007",
doi = "10.2351/1.5061117",
language = "English",
isbn = "9780912035888",
series = "26th International Congress on Applications of Lasers and Electro-Optics, ICALEO 2007 - Congress Proceedings",
publisher = "Laser Institute of America",
booktitle = "26th International Congress on Applications of Lasers and Electro-Optics, ICALEO 2007 - Congress Proceedings",
address = "United States",
note = "26th International Congress on Applications of Lasers and Electro-Optics, ICALEO 2007 ; Conference date: 29-10-2007 Through 01-11-2007",
}