Can You Make a Tractor Beam?

This week we take a look at the feasibility of tractor beams and the scope for their application. This video was inspired by a talk given by Miles Padgett at the 2014 Bristol Nanoscience Symposium 2014.

Thank you to the University of Bristol and the NSQI

Presented here is just one method of optical trapping, Bessel beams being another option more practical in the far field.

Video credits:
NASA

Uni of Bristol :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUxkNgBzsk0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZE33uDS1-0

Uni of Glasgow

SPIE Photonics : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hdKXMRKSY8

Yoichi Ochiai - The University of Tokyo : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odJxJRAxdFU

Pong Under a microscope :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zT_utNopj0o

Видео Can You Make a Tractor Beam? канала Dr Ben Miles