Optical tweezers fall under the technology category of laser-based manipulation and trapping techniques. Specifically, they are used in the field of optical trapping and micromanipulation. This technology leverages highly focused laser beams to hold and move microscopic particles, such as cells, viruses, or small beads, with high precision. Optical tweezers are widely used in biophysics, cell biology, and other fields that require the precise manipulation of small particles.

MPBC’s line of Continuous Wave lasers and amplifiers are well-suited for optical tweezers because of their unique characteristics. They possess an extremely stable beam with minimal intensity fluctuations, narrow linewidth, low phase and intensity noise, long coherence lengths, and reduced spectral broadening.