Optical Levitation: Physics and Applications
A special issue of Photonics (ISSN 2304-6732).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 12
Special Issue Editor
Interests: precision sensing; optical tweezers; levitated optomechanics; acceleration sensor
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Dear Colleagues,
Optical levitation refers to scientific instruments that use a highly focused laser beam to hold and move microscopic and submicroscopic objects in air or vacuum without physical contact. It is regarded as the most promising system for advancing macroscopic quantum physics research and enabling next-generation sensing technologies. The development of optical tweezers by Arthur Ashkin, recognized with the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics, laid the foundation for this remarkable field.
This Special Issue presents a selection of original and cutting-edge research and review articles in this vibrant field. We warmly invite your contributions.
Dr. Nan Li
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- feedback cooling of levitated micro- or nanoparticles
- launching strategy
- real-time trapped particle characterization
- novel displacement calibration method
- quantum ground state cooling in levitated system
- force/acceleration/torque sensing based on levitated optomechanics
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