Manipulation of objects in potential energy landscapes
US8502132B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 14, 2011 |
| Grant date | Aug 6, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 23, 2031 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T428/12486
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method for manipulating a plurality of objects. The method includes the steps of providing a shaping source, applying the shaping source to create a spatially symmetric potential energy landscape, applying the potential energy landscape to a plurality of objects, thereby trapping at least a portion of the plurality of objects in the,24 potential energy landscape, spatially moving the potential energy landscape to manipulate the plurality of objects; and extinguishing the potential energy landscape, thereby causing the plurality of objects to move freely when the potential energy landscape is extinguished.
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