Polar Molecules in Optical Tweezers Unlock Trap-Induced Resonances for Quantum Gates

U. Warsaw researchers show trap-induced resonances in optically tweezed polar molecules boost dipolar interactions 50x via coupled-channel modelling, enabling quantum gates with ~1s coherence and dual use for electric field sensing.

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Polar Molecules in Optical Tweezers Demonstrate Coherent Many-Body Quantum Spin Dynamics

Princeton researchers used 37 CaF molecules in optical tweezer arrays to simulate XXZ/XYZ spin models via Floquet Hamiltonian engineering, observing magnon bound states, quantum walks, and coherent dynamics with decoherence times exceeding 100s.

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Arthur Ashkin, shown in a lab setting, revolutionized science with optical tweezers—using lasers to manipulate tiny particles. "#FamousScientists" appears above with logos in the corners.

Arthur Ashkin, Nobel laureate, revolutionized science with optical tweezers—using lasers to manipulate tiny particles! A groundbreaking innovation in physics. #FamousScientists #NobelPrize #OpticalTweezers #Physics

👉 Don’t miss this opportunity to explore how this unique instrument works. The first Optical Tweezers Course is being concluded with this course.

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Exciting news! 🚀
Our latest work has been selected as the cover article in Nano Letters! 🎉

“Attonewton Force Resolution Measurements with Silicon Nanospheres at the Thermal Noise Limit in Ambient-Temperature Liquids”

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What's on your schedule for #SPIEOpticsPhotonics? Lots of great talks but we're happy to be a sponsor of the Optical Trapping & Optical Manipulation (OTOM) XXII conference!
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It needs an appropriate power. More or less is problematic. #OpticalTweezers

Intrinsically disordered regions facilitate Msn2 target search to drive promoter selectivity Transcription factors (TFs) regulate gene expression by binding specific DNA motifs, yet only a fraction of putative sites is occupied in vivo. Intrinsically disordered regions (IDRs) have emerged as ...

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Here is our #CageIncubator developed with #IMPETUXOPTICS, hosting their #Sensocell #opticaltweezers & maintaining the ideal environment for live cells in #Mechanobiology and #MolecularBiophysics.
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A francium atom held in place by the red beam of optical tweezers

Francium is one of the least stable naturally-occurring elements; the longest-lived isotope of francium lasts only 22 minutes. Despite this, scientists were able to make compounds with it for research purposes.

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🚀 Thrilled to see my contributions to #microrheology with #OpticalTweezers featured in #Physics of #Cancer (Second Edition), Volume 5! Honoured to #advance #biophysical #methods in cancer research.
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Description of Technical Group of Optical Trapping and Manipulation in Molecular and Cellular Biology

#HelloWorld Bluesky account is set up, ready for new activities in 2025. Follow this account on novel optical trapping and manipulation techniques to biological problems. 🧪⚛️💡@optica.bsky.social

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Babe, are you ok? You barely touched your single-molecule gingerbread tweezers... It's the most nerdy-full time of the year... #singlemolecule #opticaltweezers #RNA #biophysics

Biological origami at molecular level: Cytosolic interactome protects against protein unfolding Human cells are protecting their proteins from unfolding and aggregating. That's what biophysicist Alireza Mashaghi and his team discovered after seven years of in-depth research into the folding mech...

We recently reported the first single molecule protein folding analysis using optical tweezers inside cytosol! This allows for including the full complexity of cellular chaperone network & beyond.

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Eventually, they’ll master it! Since 2012, my analytical method for #microrheology with #opticaltweezers has opened new frontiers in #science. Recently used in a major study, it enabled #broadband #rheology, enhancing insights into #complex #biological systems. DOI:10.1039/d4sm00988f

Quantum-computing approach uses single molecules as qubits for first time Platforms based on molecules manipulated using ‘optical tweezers’ might be able to perform complex physics calculations. Platforms based on molecules manipulated using ‘optical tweezers’ might...

Physicists have used lasers as #opticaltweezers to position molecules so precisely that the molecules can be used as #qubits to process #quantuminformation www.nature.com/articles/d41...