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7341925 Method for transferring a semiconductor body from a growth substrate to a support material  
A method for transferring a semiconductor body selected from the group consisting of a semiconductor layer, a semiconductor layer sequence or a semiconductor layer structure from a growth substrate...
7294366 Laser processing for heat-sensitive mesoscale deposition  
A method of depositing various materials onto heat-sensitive targets. Heat-sensitive targets are generally defined as targets that have thermal damage thresholds that are lower than the temperature...
7270844 Direct write™ system  
Methods and apparatus for the deposition of a source material ( 10 ) are disclosed. An atomizer ( 12 ) renders a supply of source material ( 10 ) into many discrete particles. A force applicator (...
7241667 Method of separating layers of material  
A lift off process is used to separate a layer of material from a substrate by irradiating an interface between the layer of material and the substrate. According to one exemplary process, the...
7227688 Apparatus for applying optical gradient forces  
An apparatus and method for manipulating small dielectric particles. The apparatus and method involves use of a diffractive optical element which receives a laser beam and forms a plurality of...
7202141 Method of separating layers of material  
A lift off process is used to separate a layer of material from a substrate by irradiating an interface between the layer of material and the substrate. According to one exemplary process, the...
7110174 Relay telescope for high power laser alignment system  
A laser system includes an optical path having an intracavity relay telescope with a telescope focal point for imaging an output of the gain medium between an image location at or near the gain...
7110171 Relay telescope including baffle, and high power laser amplifier utilizing the same  
A laser system includes an optical path having an intracavity relay telescope with a telescope focal point for imaging an output of the gain medium between an image location at or near the gain...
7108894 Direct Write™ System  
Methods and apparatus for the deposition of a source material ( 10 ) are disclosed. An atomizer ( 12 ) renders a supply of source material ( 10 ) into many discrete particles. A force applicator (...
7075060 Optical peristaltic pumping with optical traps  
A method of use for holographic optical traps or gradients in which repetitive cycling of a small number of appropriately designed arrays of traps are used for general and very complex...
7068874 Microfluidic sorting device  
Small particles, for example 5 μm diameter microspheres or cells, within, and moving with, a fluid, normally water, that is flowing within microfluidic channels within a radiation-transparent...
7049579 Manipulation of live cells and inorganic objects with optical micro beam arrays  
One or more microbeams derived from a corresponding number of Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Lasers (VCSELs) are used to manipulate and to transport inorganic and organic objects. The optical...
7045015 Apparatuses and method for maskless mesoscale material deposition  
Apparatuses and processes for maskless deposition of electronic and biological materials. The process is capable of direct deposition of features with linewidths varying from the micron range up to...
6974758 Method of producing a light-emitting diode  
A method of separating two layers of material from one another in such a way that the two separated layers of material are essentially fully preserved. An interface between the two layers of...
6946666 Position detection device, apparatus using the same, exposure apparatus, and device manufacturing method using the same  
An exposure apparatus for irradiating exposure light onto a surface of an object to be exposed applied with a resist to form a pattern on the surface, wherein near-field light is used as the...
6943062 Contaminant particle removal by optical tweezers  
The invention describes how contaminant particles may be removed from a surface without in any way damaging that surface. First, the positional co-ordinates of all particles on the surface are...
6867411 Optically rebalanced accelerometer  
An optical accelerometer for detecting an acceleration of a proof mass includes a source of optical radiation for generating a pair of beams of output radiation. The pair of beams of optical...
6847032 Optical peristaltic pumping with optical traps  
A method of use for holographic optical traps or gradients in which repetitive cycling of a small number of appropriately designed arrays of traps are used for general and very complex...
6833542 Method for sorting particles  
A method for sorting a particle of interest from a plurality of particles includes the steps of determining an absorption maxima of the particle of interest, providing a light source for generating...
6823124 Laser-guided manipulation of non-atomic particles  
A method and device for using laser light to trap non-atomic particles optically within a hollow region of a hollow core optical fiber.
6815664 Method for separation of particles  
Apparatus and methods are provided for interacting light with particles, including but not limited to biological matter such as cells, in unique and highly useful ways. Optophoresis consists of...
6806477 Position detection device, apparatus using the same, exposure apparatus, and device manufacturing method using the same  
A position detection device for detecting a position of an object. The detection device includes an irradiation device for irradiating light onto an alignment mark formed on a surface of the...
6784420 Method of separating particles using an optical gradient  
Apparatus and methods are provided for interacting light with particles, including but not limited to biological matter such as cells, in unique and highly useful ways. Optophoresis consists of...
6778724 Optical switching and sorting of biological samples and microparticles transported in a micro-fluidic device, including integrated bio-chip devices  
Small particles, for example 5 μm diameter microspheres or cells, within, and moving with, a fluid, normally water, that is flowing within microfluidic channels within a radiation-transparent...
6744038 Methods of separating particles using an optical gradient  
Apparatus and methods are provided for interacting light with particles, including but not limited to biological matter such as cells, in unique and highly useful ways. Optophoresis consists of...
6740604 Method of separating two layers of material from one another  
A method of separating two layers of material from one another in such a way that the two separated layers of material are essentially fully preserved. An interface between the two layers of...
6718083 Optical switch and router  
An optical switch and optical router to rapidly (in the range of nanoseconds to picoseconds) route signals from particular channels within an optical band by using optical switches which utilize a...
6639208 Optical peristaltic pumping with optical traps  
A method of use for holographic optical traps or gradients in which repetitive cycling of a small number of appropriately designed arrays of traps are used for general and very complex...
6636676 Particle guidance system  
Methods and apparatus are disclosed for using a beam of energy, specifically laser light ( 46 ), to transport, suspend or trap non-atomic size particles ( 59 ) within a hollow-core optical fiber (...
6559075 Method of separating two layers of material from one another and electronic components produced using this process  
A method of separating two layers of material from one another in such a way that the two separated layers of material are essentially fully preserved. An interface between the two layers of...
EP1124649A2 LASER-GUIDED MANIPULATION OF NON-ATOMIC PARTICLES  
Abstract not available for EP1124649 Abstract of corresponding document: WO0023825 A method and device for using laser light to trap non-atomic size particles optically within a hollow region of a...
6180940 Light-driven molecular rotational motor  
By adjusting a state of circular polarization of a laser beam, a rate of rotation in micro objects rotated by angular momentum imparted from the light is controlled. The light has greatest effect...
6055106 Apparatus for applying optical gradient forces  
An apparatus and method for manipulating small dielectric particles. The apparatus and method involves use of a diffractive optical element which receives a laser beam and forms a plurality of...
5950071 Detachment and removal of microscopic surface contaminants using a pulsed detach light  
A process for detachment and removal of microscopic contaminant particles from a surface includes a pulsed detach light directed at the surface to excite a contaminant particle thereon at or near...
5939716 Three-dimensional light trap for reflective particles  
A system for containing either a reflective particle or a particle having an index of refraction lower than that of the surrounding media in a three-dimensional light cage. A light beam from a...
5935507 Multi-point laser trapping device and the method thereof  
The present invention involves a multi-point laser trapping device in which laser light is irradiated on medium that includes micro-particles, and captures and arranges multiple micro-particles...
EP0556748B1 Method and apparatus for particle manipulation, and measuring apparatus utilizing the same  
Abstract of EP0556748 A flow of liquid containing floating fine particles is formed in a flow path, thereby causing successive movement of the particles. A light beam having intensity distribution...
5752606 Method for trapping, manipulating, and separating cells and cellular components utilizing a particle trap  
A method for trapping, separating, manipulating and controlling particles and molecules of biological origin is disclosed. The method comprises containing the particles or molecules of biological...
5495105 Method and apparatus for particle manipulation, and measuring apparatus utilizing the same  
A flow of liquid containing floating fine particles is formed in a flow path, thereby causing successive movement of the particles. A light beam having intensity distribution from a laser is...
5366559 Method for protecting a substrate surface from contamination using the photophoretic effect  
A method for processing a substrate surface in a process chamber wherein during chemical or physical altering of the substrate surface a laser beam is projected inside the processing chamber and...
5363190 Method and apparatus for optical micro manipulation  
A microscopic specimen such as a cell organelle or a tissue cell generally has a non-rotational symmetrical refractive index distribution. Converging onto the microscopic specimen a laser beam with...
5274232 Method and apparatus for manipulating atoms, ions or molecules and for measuring physical quantities using stimulated raman transitions  
According to the invention, quantum objects, such as atoms, ions, and molecules, are controllably moved by stimulating selected non-radiative energy levels within a quantum structure in accordance...
EP0556748A2 Method and apparatus for particle manipulation, and measuring apparatus utilizing the same.  
A flow of liquid containing floating fine particles is formed in a flow path, thereby causing successive movement of the particles. A light beam having intensity distribution from a laser is...
5206504 Sample positioning in microgravity  
Repulsion forces arising from laser beams are provided to produce mild positioning forces on a sample in microgravity vacuum environments. The system of the preferred embodiment positions samples...
5198369 Sample measuring method using agglomeration reaction of microcarriers  
A mixture is prepared by mixing carriers to which a substance specifically reacting on an object substance adheres with a sample containing the object substance. The mixture is irradiated by light...
5170890 Particle trap  
An invention is described in which a method and apparatus are disclosed for guiding, trapping, concentrating and separating particles. The method comprises containing particles in a gas, liquid, or...
5118950 Cluster ion synthesis and confinement in hybrid ion trap arrays  
A cluster ion synthesis process utilizing a containerless environment to grow in a succession of steps cluster ions of large mass and well defined distribution. The cluster ion growth proceeds in a...
5100627 Chamber for the optical manipulation of microscopic particles  
A particle control chamber enables experiments to be carried out on biological cells and the like using a laser system to trap and manipulate the particles. A manipulation chamber provides a...
5079169 Method for optically manipulating polymer filaments  
Method and apparatus for manipulating a microscopic particle by single-beam gradient optical trapping, using an optical beam whose trapping force is substantially independent of position within a...
4893886 Non-destructive optical trap for biological particles and method of doing same  
Biological particles are successfully trapped in a single-beam gradient force trap using an infrared laser. The high numerical aperture lens objective in the trap is also used for simultaneous...
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