Experiments with optical tweezers race to test the laws of quantum mechanics
Wednesday, November 7, 2018 - 11:20
in Physics & Chemistry
One might think that the optical tweezer – a focused laser beam that can trap small particles – is old hat by now. After all, the tweezer was invented by Arthur Ashkin in 1970. And he received the Nobel Prize for it this year—presumably after its main implications had been realized during the last half-century.