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  1. Multiple optical trapping and binding: new routes to self-assembly, T.
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    ižmár, L.C. Dávila Romero, K. Dholakia. and D.L. Andrews, accepted for publication in Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular & Optical Physics.
  2. Effect of pulse temporal shape on optical trapping and impulse transfer using ultrashort pulsed lasers, Janelle Shane, Michael Mazilu, WM Lee, Kishan Dholakia, accepted for publication in Optics Express.
  3. Photo-transfection of mammalian cells using femtosecond laser pulses: optimisation and applicability to stem cell differentiation Patience Mthunzi, Kishan Dholakia, Frank Gunn-Moore, accepted for publication in the July/August issue of Journal of Biomedical Optics (Vol. 15, No. 2).
  4. Gripped by light: Optical Binding Kishan Dholakia and Pavel Zemanek, accepted for publication in Review of Modern Physics.
  5. Transient transfection of mammalian cells using a violet diode laser Maria Leilani Torres-Mapa, Liselotte Veldhuis, Martin Ploschner, Kishan Dholakia, Frank Gunn-Moore, accepted for publication in the July/August issue of Journal of Biomedical Optics (Vol. 15, No. 2).
  6. Transfection by optical injection David J. Stevenson, Frank J. Gunn-Moore, Paul Campbell, Kishan Dholakia, Chapter 3 in The Handbook of Photonics for Medical Science Ed. by Tuchin V.V. London, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2010. pp.87-117. (request reprint)
2010
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  1. Optical chromatography using a photonic crystal fiber with on-chip fluorescence excitation P. C. Ashok, R. F. Marchington, P. Mthunzi, T. F. Krauss and K. Dholakia, 18(6) 6396-6407
  2. Optical forces near a nanoantenna Martin Ploschner, Michael Mazilu, Thomas F. Krauss and Kishan Dholakia, Journal of Nanophotonics 4 041570 (2010). (pdf) (copyright notice)
  3. On-line fluorescence suppression in modulated Raman spectroscopy, Anna Chiara De Luca, Michael Mazilu, Andrew Riches, Simon C. Herrington, Kishan Dholakia. Analytical Chemistry 82(2) 738-745 (2010) (BBC news article) (Daily Express news article).
  4. Single cell optical transfection David J. Stevenson, Frank J. Gunn-Moore, Paul Campbell, Kishan Dholakia. Published online ahead of print in The Journal of the Royal Society Interface.
2009
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  1. Intracellular Dielectric Tagging for Improved Optical Manipulation of Mammalian Cells P. Mthunzi, W. M. Lee, A. C. Riches, C.T.A. Brown, F. J. Gunn-Moore, and K. Dholakia, PP(99), 1-11 (2009)
  2. Transfer of orbital angular momentum from an optical vortex beam to a nanoparticle, M. Dienerowitz & Kishan Dholakia. Topologica 2(1) 2008.
  3. Automated laser guidance of neuronal growth cones using a Spatial Light Modulator, D. Carnegie, T. Čižmár, J. Baumgartl, F. Gunn-Moore and K. Dholakia, Journal of Biophotonics, 2(11) 682 - 692 (2009).
  4. Nonlinear optical dynamics in non-ideal gases of interacting colloidal nanoparticles R. El-Ganainy, D. N. Christodoulides, E. M. Wright, W. M. Lee, and K. Dholakia. Physical Review A 80, 053805 (2009) (selected for the Physical Review A online "Kaleidoscope" link)
  5. Nanoshells for Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy in Eukaryotic Cells: Cellular Response and Sensor Development Michael Ochsenkühn, Phillip Jess, Helene Stoquert, Kishan Dholakia and Colin Campbell, 3(11), 3613–3621 (2009).
  6. Light beats the spread: “non-diffracting” beams, Michael Mazilu, David J. Stevenson, Frank J. Gunn-Moore and Kishan Dholakia. Published online in Laser & Photonics Reviews ahead of print (2009).
  7. Tunable Bessel light modes: engineering the axial propagation, T. Čižmár, K. Dholakia. Optics Express 17, 15558-15570 (2009)
  8. Spin and angular momentum operators and their conservation, Michael Mazilu. Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics 11, 094005 (2009). (pdf)
  9. Propagation characteristics of Airy beams: dependence upon spatial coherence and wavelength, J.E. Morris, M. Mazilu, J. Baumgartl, T. Čižmár and  K. Dholakia, Optics Express 17, 13236-13245 (2009).
  10. Targeted optical injection of gold nanoparticles into single mammalian cells, C McDougall, D.J. Stevenson, C.T.A. Brown, F. Gunn-Moore, & K. Dholakia. Journal of Biophotonics 2(12) 736–743 (2009) (pdf) (video 1) (video 2) (press highlight: arstechnica.com)
  11. Nonlinear optical response of colloidal suspensions, W. M. Lee, R. El-Ganainy, D. N. Christodoulides, K. Dholakia, and E. M. Wright, Optics Express 17, 10277-10289 (2009)
  12. Optical redistribution of microparticles and cells between microwells, Jörg Baumgartl, Gregor M. Hannappel, David J. Stevenson, Daniel Day, Min Gu, and K. Dholakia. Lab Chip 9, 1334 - 1336 (2009) (video 1) (video 2) (highlighted in the magazine Chemical Technology)
  13. An optical physicist sees the light, K. Dholakia. Nature 457, 1061 (2009)
  14. In-fiber common-path optical coherence tomography using a conical-tip fiber, K. M. Tan, M. Mazilu, T. H. Chow, W. M. Lee, K. Taguichi, B. K. Ng, W. Sibbett, C. S. Herrington, C.T. A. Brown, and K. Dholakia, Opt. Express 17, 2375-2384 (2009) (reprinted in VJBO)

 

2008
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  1. Controlled Three Dimensional Manipulation and Transport of Vanadium Oxide Nanotubes with Optical Tweezers, Jose Luis Hernández-Pozos, Woei Ming Lee, Liliana Irais Vera-Robles, Antonio Campero, and Kishan Dholakia, Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 243107 (2008). (Reprinted by Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology, Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research)
  2. Optical Detection and Grading of Lung Neoplasia by Raman Microspectroscopy, Phillip R. T. Jess, Michael Mazilu, Kishan Dholakia, C. Riches and C. Simon Herrington, International Journal of Cancer 24(2), 376-380
  3. Optical trapping takes shape: the use of structured light fields, K Dholakia and WM Lee, Advances In Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics 56, 261-337 (2008) (pdf) (personal erratum)
  4. Fibre based cellular transfection X. Tsampoula, K. Taguchi, T. Cižmár, V. Garces-Chavez, N. Ma, S. Mohanty, K. Mohanty, F. Gunn-Moore, and K. Dholakia, Optics Express, 16, 21, 17007-17013
  5. Long-range one-dimensional longitudinal optical binding, V. Karásek, T. Čižmár, O. Brzobohatý, P. Zemánek, V. Garcés-Chávez, and K. Dholakia, Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 143601 (2008)
  6. Optically mediated particle clearing using Airy wavepackets, Jörg Baumgartl, Michael Mazilu & Kishan Dholakia. Nature Photonics 2, 675-678 (2008)
  7. Optical trapping of nanoparticles: a review, Maria Dienerowitz, Michael Mazilu, and Kishan Dholakia, J. Nanophoton. Vol. 2, 021875 (Sep. 10, 2008) (pdf) (amongst the top 10 downloads of SPIE Conference Proceedings and SPIE Journal papers, as of Nov 12, 2009)
  8. Generation of multiple Bessel beams for a biophotonics workstation
    T. Cižmár, V. Kollárová, X. Tsampoula, F. Gunn-Moore, W. Sibbett, Z. Bouchal, and K. Dholakia, Opt. Express 16, 14024-14035 (2008)
  9. A dual beam photonic crystal fibre trap for microscopic particles (pdf)
    DM Gherardi, AE Carruthers, T Cižmár, EM Wright and K Dholakia, Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 041110 (2008).
  10. Enhanced Operation of Femtosecond Lasers and Applications In Cell Transfection
    C.T.A. Brown, D.J. Stevenson, X. Tsampoula, C. McDougall, A. Lagatsky, W. Sibbett, F.J. Gunn-Moore and K. Dholakia, Journal of Biophotonics 1(3), 183 - 199 (2008)
  11. Guided neuronal growth using optical line traps,
    D. J. Carnegie, D. J. Stevenson, M. Mazilu, F. Gunn-Moore and K. Dholakia, Opt. Express 16, 10507-10517 (2008)
  12. "Near-Field Optical Micromanipulation," Kishan Dholakia, Peter J. Reece, in Structured Light and its Applications: An Introduction to Phase-Structured Beams and Nanoscale Optical Forces , edited by D. L. Andrews, Elsevier Press (2008).
  13. Optical micromanipulation using supercontinuum Laguerre-Gaussian and Gaussian beams
    J. E. Morris, A. E. Carruthers, M. Mazilu, P. J. Reece, T. Cižmár, P. Fischer, and K. Dholakia, Optics Express 16 (14) 10117-10129 (2008)
  14. Optical vortices: Optical manipulation to crystal dislocations
    Michael P. MacDonald, Kishan Dholakia Physica C: Superconductivity,468, (7-10) 508-513 (2008)
  15. Propagation and diffraction of Optical Vortices
    Pascal Fischer, Susan E. Skelton, Christopher G. Leburn, Casey T. Streuber, Ewan M. Wright, and Kishan Dholakia, Physica C: Superconductivity 468 (7-10) 514-517 (2008)
  16. Optical trapping and spectral analysis of aerosols with a supercontiuum laser source (pdf) M. Guillon, K. Dholakia, and D. McGloin, Optics. Express 16, 7655-7664 (2008)
  17. Optical vortex trap for resonant confinement of metal nanoparticles (pdf)
    M. Dienerowitz, M. Mazilu, P. J. Reece, T. F. Krauss, and K. Dholakia, Optics Express 16, 4991-4999 (2008)
  18. Optical deflection and sorting of microparticles in a near-field optical geometry (pdf)
    R. F. Marchington, M. Mazilu, S. Kuriakose, V. Garcés-Chávez, P. J. Reece, T. F. Krauss, M. Gu, and K. Dholakia, Optics Express 16 (6) 3712-3726 (2008)
  19. Near-field optical trapping with an ultrashort pulsed laser beam. (pdf)
    Smitha Kuriakose, Dru Morrish, Xiaosong Gan, James W. M. Chon, Kishan Dholakia, Min Gu, Applied Physics Letters 92 081108 (2008)
  20. Green laser light (532 nm) activates a chloride current in the C1 neuron of Helix aspersa (pdf)
    Peter J. Reece, Kishan Dholakia, Roger C. Thomas and Glen A. Cottrell Neuroscience Letters 433, (3) 265-269 (2008)
  21. Optics: Against the spread of the light (pdf)
    K. Dholakia, Nature 451, 413 (2008)
  22. Optical Micromanipulation (pdf)
    K. Dholakia, P Reece and M Gu Chem. Soc. Rev, 37, 42 - 55 (2008), DOI: 10.1039/b512471a

 

2007

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  1. Optical separation of cells on potential energy landscapes: enhancement with dielectric tagging(pdf)
    K. Dholakia, W. M. Lee, L. Paterson, M.P. MacDonald, R. McDonald, I.Andreev, P. Mthunzi, C. T. A. Brown, R. F. Marchington and A. C. Riches IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics 13 1646 - 1654 (2007) (Restricted link)
  2. Construction and calibration of an optical trap on a fluorescence optical microscope(pdf)
    W.M.Lee, P Reece, R. Marchington, N.K.Metzger and K.Dholakia, Nature Protocols 2, 3226 - 3238 (2007)(Restricted link)
  3. Passive optical separation within a 'nondiffracting' light beam
    L. Paterson, E. Papagiakoumou, G. Milne, V. Garcés-Chávez, T. Briscoe, W. Sibbett, K. Dholakia and A.C. Riches. J. Biomed. Opt. Vol. 12, 054017 (2007) Reprint in Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research.
  4. Transverse particle dynamics in a Bessel beam (pdf)
    G. Milne, K. Dholakia, D. McGloin, K. Volke-Sepulveda, and P. Zemánek, Opt. Express 15, 13972-13987 (2007)
  5. The resolution of optical traps created by Light Induced Dielectrophoresis (LIDEP) (pdf)
    S.L. Neale, M. Mazilu, J.I.B. Wilson, K. Dholakia and T.F. Krauss. Opt. Express 15, 12619-12626 (2007)
  6. Cellular and colloidal separation using optical forces(pdf)
    K.Dholakia, M.P.MacDonald, P.Zemanek, T.Cižmár, Book Chapter: LASER MANIPULATION OF CELLS AND TISSUES METHODS IN CELL BIOLOGY 82: 467-495 (2007)
  7. Dark spots of Arago (pdf)
    P. Fischer, S. E. Skelton, C. C. Leburn, C. T. Streuber, E. M. Wright, and K. Dholakia.
    Opt. Express 15, 11860-11873 (2007)
  8. Early Detection of Cervical Neoplasia by Raman Spectroscopy (pdf) (highlighted by SpectroscopyNOW)
    PRT Jess, DDW Smith, M Mazilu, K Dholakia, AC Riches, CS Herrington International Journal of  Cancer
    ISSN: 0020-7136 (2007).(link)
  9. Femtosecond cellular transfection using a non-diffracting light beam (pdf)
    X.Tsampoula, V. Garcés-Chávez, M. Comrie, D. Stevenson, M.B. Agate, F.J. Gunn-Moore, C.T.A. Brown and K Dholakia, Appl Phys Lett 91, 053902 (2007). Reprint in Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research
  10. Colloidal sorting in dynamic optical lattices (pdf)
    Ryan L Smith, G C Spalding, K Dholakia and M P MacDonald  J Opt A 9 S134-S138 (2007)
  11. [Erratum: Measurement of the restoring forces acting on two optically bound particles from normal mode correlations Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 068102 (2007)](pdf)N.K. Metzger, R. F. Marchington, M. Mazilu, R. L. Smith, K. Dholakia and E. M. Wright, Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 219901(E) (2007)
  12. Fluorescence suppression within Raman spectroscopy using annular beam excitation(pdf)
    Iain Cormack, M Mazilu, K Dholakia and S Herrington Appl Phys Lett 91, 023903 (2007)
  13. Optically trapped and controlled micro-apertures for studies of spatial coherence in an arbitrary light field (pdf)
    W.M.Lee and K.Dholakia Appl Phys Lett. 90, 261101 (2007)
  14. Simultaneous Raman micro-spectroscopy of optically trapped and stacked cells (pdf)
    P.R.T. Jess, V. Garcés-Chávez, A.C. Riches, C.S. Herrington and K. Dholakia, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy,DOI 10.1002/jrs.1712  (2007)
  15. Two-photon ablation with 1278 nm laser radiation(pdf)
    Pascal Fischer, Alan McWilliam, Lynn Paterson, Christian T A Brown, W Sibbett, K Dholakia and Michael MacDonald, J.Opt. A J. Opt. A: Pure Appl. Opt. 9 S19-S23  (2007)
  16. Experimental Observation of Modulation Instability and Optical Spatial Soliton Arrays in Soft Condensed Matter(pdf)
    P. J. Reece, E. M. Wright, K. Dholakia, Phys Rev Lett 98, 203902 (2007)
  17. Direct detection of optical phase conjugation in a colloidal medium
    C. López-Mariscal, J. C. Gutiérrez-Vega, D. McGloin, and K. Dholakia,Opt. Express 15, 6330-6335 (2007)
  18. Fractionation of polydisperse colloid with acousto-optically generated potential energy landscapes(pdf)
    Graham Milne, Daniel Rhodes, Michael MacDonald and Kishan Dholakia, Optics Letters 32, 1144 (2007)
  19. Measurement of the restoring forces acting on two optically bound particles from normal mode correlations(pdf)
    N.K. Metzger, R.F. Marchington, M. Mazilu, R.L. Smith, K. Dholakia, E.M. Wright, Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 068102 (2007)

 

2006

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  1. 'White light takes shape' (pdf)
    P. Fischer, E. M. Wright, T. Brown, W. Sibbett, J. E. Morris, C. López-Mariscal, A. E. Carruthers and K. Dholakia, Optics and Photonics News, Optics in 2006
  2. Optical vortices produced by diffraction from dislocations in two-dimensional colloidal crystals (pdf)
    M MacDonald, P Prentice and K Dholakia, New J. Phys. 8 257 doi:10.1088/1367-2630/8/10/257
  3. Optically guided neuronal growth at near infra-red wavelengths
    D. J. Stevenson, T. K. Lake, B. Agate V. Garcés-Chávez, K. Dholakia and F. Gunn-Moore, Optics Express 14, pp. 9786-9793 (2006)
  4. Integrated Monolithic Optical Manipulation (pdf)
    S Cran-McGreehin, T.F. Krauss and K Dholakia, Lab-on-a-Chip, 6, 1122 (2006), DOI: 10.1039/b605237a
  5. Optical impedance of metallic nano-structures
    M. Mazilu and K. Dholakia, Opt. Express, 14, Issue 17, pp. 7709-7722
  6. Monolithic Integration of Microfluidic Channels and Semiconductor Lasers
    S Cran-McGreehin, K Dholakia and TF Krauss, Opt. Express 14, 7723-7729 (2006)
  7. Theory and simulation of the bistable behavior of optically bound particles in the Mie size regime
    N.K. Metzger, E.M. Wright and K. Dholakia, New J. Phys. 8 139 2006
  8. Interference from multiple trapped colloids in an optical vortex beam
    W.M.Lee, V. Garcés-Chávez, and K.Dholakia Opt. Express 14, 7436-7446 (2006)
  9. Femtosecond optical transfection of cells: viability and efficiency
    D. Stevenson, B. Agate, X. Tsampoula, P. Fischer, C. T. A. Brown, W. Sibbett A. Riches, F. Gunn- Moore, K. Dholakia Opt. Express 14, 7125-7133 (2006)
  10. Optical sorting and detection of sub-micron objects in a motional standing wave (pdf),
    Tomáš Cižmár, Martin Siler, Mojm r Sery, Pavel Zemanek, Veneranda Garcés-Chávez, and Kishan Dholakia, Phys Rev B 74 035105 (2006)
  11. Analysis of optical binding in one dimension (pdf)
    V. Karasek, K. Dholakia and P Zemanek. Appl. Phys B 84 (1-2) 149-156 (2006)
  12. A dual beam fibre trap for Raman microspectroscopy of single cells
    P. R. T. Jess, V. Garcés-Chávez, D. Smith, M. Mazilu, L. Paterson, A. Riches, C. S. Herrington, W. Sibbett, and K. Dholakia, Opt. Express 14, 5779-5791 (2006)
  13. Enhanced optical guiding of colloidal particles using a supercontinuum light source, P. Fischer, A. E. Carruthers, K. Volke-Sepulveda , E. M. Wright , C.T.A Brown , W. Sibbett and K. Dholakia, Optics Express, 14 5792, (2006)
  14. Near-field optical micromanipulation with cavity enhanced evanescent waves (pdf)
    P. J. Reece, V. Garcés-Chávez, and K. Dholakia, Appl. Phys. Lett. 88 221116 (2006)
  15. Erratum: Single-scan spectroscopy of mercury at 253.7 nm by sum-frequency mixing of violet and red microlensed diode lasers (pdf) A. E. Carruthers, T. K. Lake, A. Shah, J. W. Allen, W. Sibbett and K. Dholakia Opt. Commun. 261 381-382 (2006).
  16. Orbital angular momentum transfer in helical Mathieu beams
    C. López-Mariscal, J. C. Gutiérrez-Vega, G. Milne, and K. Dholakia, Opt. Express 14, 4183-4188 (2006)
  17. Wavelength dependent propagation and reconstruction of white light Bessel beams (pdf)
    P Fischer, H Little, R L Smith, C Lopez-Mariscal, C T A Brown, W Sibbett and K Dholakia, J. Opt. A: Pure Appl. Opt. 8 477-482
  18. Visualization of optical binding of microparticles using a femtosecond fiber optical trap,
    N.K. Metzger, E.M. Wright, W. Sibbett and K. Dholakia, Optics Express 14, 3677-3687 (2006)
  19. Extended organization of colloidal microparticles by surface plasmon polariton excitation (pdf)
    V. Garcés-Chávez, R. Quidant, P. J. Reece, G. Badenes, L Torner and K. Dholakia Phys. Rev. B 73 085417 (2006) Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science and Technology
  20. Observation of bistability and hysteresis in optical binding of two
    dielectric spheres
    (pdf)
    N.K. Metzger, K. Dholakia, and E.M. Wright Phys. Rev. Lett. 96 068102 (2006)
  21. Optical Micromanipulation takes hold (pdf)
    K Dholakia and P Reece, NanoToday 1(1) 18 (2006)
  22. Atom guiding along holographically generated high order Laguerre-Gaussian light beams (pdf)
    D.P. Rhodes, D.M. Gherardi, J. Livesey, D. McGloin, H. Melville, T. Freegarde and K. Dholakia, J. Mod. Opt 53(4) 547-556 (2006)

 

2005

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  1. Membrane disruption by optically controlled microbubble cavitation (pdf)
    Paul Prentice, Alfred Cuschieri, Kishan Dholakia, Mark Prausnitz and Paul Campbell, Nature Physics 1(2) 107-110 (2005) , doi: 10.1038/nphys148
  2. Single-scan spectroscopy of mercury at 253.7 nm by sum frequency mixing of violet and red microlensed diode lasers (pdf)
    A. E. Carruthers, T. K. Lake, A. Shah, J. W. Allen, W. Sibbett and K. Dholakia, Opt. Commun. 255 261-266 (2005)
  3. Light-induced cell separation in a tailored optical landscape (pdf)
    L. Paterson, E. Papagiakoumou, G. Milne, V. Garcés-Chávez, S. A. Tatarkova, W. Sibbett, F. J. Gunn-Moore, P. E. Bryant, A.C. Riches and K. Dholakia Appl. Phys. Lett. 87 123901 (2005) Also in the Virtual Journal of Biological Research
  4. White light propagation invariant beams
    Pascal Fischer, C. T. A. Brown, J. E. Morris, C. López-Mariscal, E. M. Wright, W. Sibbett and K. Dholakia, Opt. Express 13, 6657-6666 (2005)
  5. Optoelectronic Tweezers(pdf)
    K Dholakia, Nature Materials 4, 579-580 (01 Aug 2005) News and Views
  6. Violet Diode-Assisted Photoporation and Transfection of Cells’- Novel technology offers new directions for automated all-optical cell selection, poration, and imaging in a single system (pdf) Lynn Paterson, Ben Agate, Wilson Sibbett, Kishan Dholakia, Muriel Comrie, Tom A. Brown, Andrew C. Riches, Peter E. Bryant, Robert Ferguson, David Stevenson, Tanya K. Lake, Frank J. Gunn-Moore, Biopharm International Aug 1, 2005
  7. All-optical control of microfluidic components using form birefringence (pdf)(link to article)
    S.L. Neale, M. P. MacDonald, K. Dholakia and T. F. Krauss, Nature Materials 4, 530–533 (2005)
  8. Optical conveyor belt for delivery of submicron objects (pdf)
    T. Cizmár, V. Garcés-Chávez, K. Dholakia, and P. Zemánek, Appl. Phys. Lett. 86, 174101 (2005)
  9. Optically Anisotropic Colloids of Controllable Shape (pdf)
    A. Fernández-Nieves, G. Cristobal, V. Garcés-Chávez, G. C. Spalding, K. Dholakia, D. A. Weitz, Advanced Materials 17, 680-684 (2005)
  10. Photoporation and cell transfection using a violet diode laser (Press release)
    L. Paterson, B. Agate, M. Comrie, R. Ferguson, T. K. Lake, J. E. Morris, A. E. Carruthers, C. T. A. Brown, W. Sibbett, P. E. Bryant, F. Gunn-Moore,A. C. Riches, K. Dholakia, Opt. Express 13, 595-600 (2005),
  11. Extended-area optically induced organization of microparticles on a surface (pdf)
    V. Garcés-Chávez, K. Dholakia, and G. C. Spalding, Appl. Phys. Lett. 86, 031106 (2005)
  12. Bessel Beams: Diffraction in a new light (pdf)
    D. McGloin and K. Dholakia, Contemp. Phys. 46 15-28 (2005)
  13. Optical steering of high and low index microparticles by manipulating an off-axis optical vortex (pdf)
    W.M. Lee, B.P.S.Ahluwalia, X.-C. Yuan, W.C. Cheong and K. Dholakia J. Opt. A 7 1-6 (2005)

 

2004

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  1. Direct electron-beam writing of continuous spiral phase plates in SU-8 with high power efficiency for optical manipulation (pdf)
    W.C. Cheong, W.M. Lee, X.-C. Yuan , K. Dholakia, L.S. Zhang and H. Wang, Appl. Phys. Lett. 85 5874 (2004)
  2. Optical Levitation in a Bessel Light Beam (pdf)
    V. Garcés-Chávez, D. Roskey, M.D. Summers, H. Melville, D. McGloin, E.M. Wright and K. Dholakia, Appl. Phys. Lett. 85 4001 (2004)
  3. Imaging in optical micromanipulation using two-photon excitation
    K Dholakia, H Little, C T A Brown, B Agate, D McGloin, L Paterson and W Sibbett, New J. Phys. 6 136 (2004)
  4. Cell cytometry with a light touch: Sorting microscopic matter with an optical lattice
    M.P. MacDonald, S. Neale, L. Paterson, A. Richies, K. Dholakia and G.C. Spalding, J. Biol Reg Homeos. Ag. 18 200 (2004)
  5. Microlensed red and violet diode lasers in an extended cavity geometry (pdf)
    A. E. Carruthers, T. K. Lake, A. Shah, J. W. Allen, W. Sibbett, and K. Dholakia, Rev. Sci. Inst. 75, 3360 (2004)
  6. 3-D Optical forces and transfer of orbital angular momentum from multi-ringed light beams to spherical microparticles (pdf)
    K Volke-Sepulveda, S. Chávez-Cerda, V. Garcés-Chávez and K. Dholakia, JOSA B 21(10), 1749 (2004)
  7. Experimental observation of optical vortex evolution in a Gaussian beam with an embedded fractional phase step (pdf)
    W.M. Lee, X.-C. Yuan and K. Dholakia, Opt. Commun, 239, 129 (2004)
  8. Femtosecond optical tweezers for in-situ control of two-photon fluorescence (link to paper)
    B. Agate, C. T. A. Brown, W. Sibbett and K. Dholakia, Optics Express 12, 3011 (2004).
  9. Optical guiding of microscopic particles in femtosecond and continuous wave Bessel light beams (link to paper)
    H. Little, C.T.A. Brown, V. Garcés-Chávez, W. Sibbett and K. Dholakia, Opt. Express 12, 2560 (2004)
  10. Reconstruction of optical angular momentum after distortion in amplitude, phase and polarization (pdf)
    V. Garcés-Chávez, D. McGloin, M.D. Summers, A. Fernandez-Nieves, G.C. Spalding, G. Crisobal and K. Dholakia, J. Opt. A. 6, S235 (2004)
  11. Optically bound microscopic particles in one dimension (physics/0308052) (pdf) (research page)
    D. McGloin, A.E. Carruthers, K. Dholakia and E.M. Wright, Phys. Rev. E 69, 021403 (2004) Also in the Virtual Journal of Biological research
  12. Manipulation and filtration of low index particles with holographic Laguerre-Gaussian optical trap arrays (link to article)
    P. Prentice, M. P. MacDonald, T.G. Frank, P. Campbell, A. Cushieri, G.C. Spalding, W. Sibbett and K. Dholakia, Opt. Express 12, 593 (2004)
  13. Optical trapping and fluorescence excitation with violet diode lasers and extended cavity surface emitting lasers (link to article)
    T. K. Lake, A. E. Carruthers, M. Taylor, L. Paterson, F. Gunn-Moore, J. W. Allen, W. Sibbett, and K. Dholakia, Opt. Express 12, 670 (2004)
  14. Manufacturing with Light: Photonics at the Molecular Level
    K. Dholakia and D. McGloin, Department of Trade and Industry Exploiting the Electromagnetic Spectrum Foresight Review (2004)

 

2003

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  1. Optical trapping of three-dimensional structures using dynamic holograms (link to article)
    H. Melville, G.F. Milne, G.C. Spalding, W. Sibbett, K. Dholakia and D. McGloin, Opt. Express 11 3562 (2003)
  2. Microfluidic Sorting in an Optical Lattice (link to article)
    M.P. MacDonald, G.C. Splading and K. Dholakia, Nature 426, 421 (2003)
  3. Three-dimensional arrays of optical bottle beams (pdf)
    D. McGloin, G.C. Spalding, H. Melville, W. Sibbett and K. Dholakia, Opt. Commun. 225 (4-6) 215-222 (2003).
  4. Observation of the transfer of the local angular momentum density of a multi-ringed light beam to an optically trapped particle (pdf)
    V. Garcés-Chávez, D. McGloin, M.J. Padgett, W. Dultz, H. Schmitzer and K. Dholakia, Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 093602 (2003)
  5. Brownian particle in an optical potential of the washboard type (pdf)
    S. A. Tatarkova, W. Sibbett and K. Dholakia, Phys. Rev. Lett. 91 038101 (2003)
  6. Transient response of a cold atomic beam in the presence of a far-off resonance light guide (pdf) (link to research page)
    J.G. Livesey, D.P. Rhodes, D. McGloin and K. Dholakia, J. Mod. Opt. 50(11) 1751-1755 (2003)
  7. Optical Tweezers in a New Light (pdf)
    J. E. Molloy, K. Dholakia and M.J. Padgett, J. Mod. Opt. 50(10) 1501-1507 (2003) (Intro. to Special Edition on Optical Tweezers)
  8. Controlled simultaneous rotation of multiple optically trapped particles (pdf)
    L. Paterson, M. P. MacDonald, J. Arlt, W. Dultz, H. Schmitzer, W. Sibbett and K. Dholakia, J. Mod. Opt. 50(10) 1591-1599 (2003)
  9. Coherent Effects in a Driven Vee Scheme (pdf)
    D. McGloin, J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 36 2861 (2003)
  10. Interfering Bessel beams for optical micromanipulation (link to research page) (pdf)
    D. McGloin, V. Garcés-Chávez and K. Dholakia, Opt. Lett. 28 657 (2003)
  11. Atomic-phase interference devices based on ring-shaped Bose-Einstein condensates (pdf)
    B.P. Anderson, K. Dholakia and E.M. Wright, Phys. Rev. A 67 033601 (2003)
  12. Applications of Spatial Light Modulators in Atom Optics (link to article) (link to research page)
    D. McGloin, G.C. Spalding, H. Melville, W. Sibbett and K. Dholakia, Opt. Express. 11 158-166 (2003).
  13. Touchless Tweezing (Tutorial on Bessel beam optical tweezers) (pdf)
    D. McGloin, V. Garcés-Chávez and K. Dholakia, OE Magazine, January 2003

 

2002

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  1. One dimensional optically bound arrays of microscopic particles (pdf)
    S.A. Tatarkova, A.E. Carruthers, and K. Dholakia, Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 283901 (2002)
  2. Guiding a cold atomic beam along a co-propagating and oblique hollow light guide (pdf)
    D.P. Rhodes, G.P.T. Lancaster, J.G. Livesey, D. McGloin, J. Arlt and K. Dholakia, Opt. Commun. 214, 219 (2002)
  3. Transfer of orbital angular momentum to an optically trapped low-index particle
    (pdf) V. Garcés-Chávez, K. Volke-Sepulveda, S. Chávez-Cerda, W. Sibbett and K. Dholakia, Phys. Rev. A 063402 (2002)
  4. Optical Tweezers: the next generation (pdf) (link to PhysicsWeb)
    K. Dholakia, G. Spalding and M. MacDonald Physics World 15, 31 (October 2002)
  5. Simultaneous micromanipulation in multiple planes using a self-reconstructing light beam (pdf) (link to article - restricted)
    V. Garcés-Chávez, D. McGloin, H. Melville, W. Sibbett and K. Dholakia, Nature 419, 145 (2002).
  6. Optical guiding along Gaussian and Bessel light beams (jpeg of poster)
    A.E. Carruthers, S.A. Tatarkova, V. Garcés-Chávez, K. Dholakia, K. Volke-Sepulveda and S. Chaves-Cerda, Laser Processing of Advanced Materials and Laser Microtechnology, SPIE Proceedings 5121 68 (2002)
  7. Continuous motion of interference patterns using the angular Doppler effect (jpeg of poster)
    L. Paterson, M.P. MacDonald, J. Arlt, K. Volke-Sepulveda, W. Sibbett and K. Dholakia, Laser Processing of Advanced Materials and Laser Microtechnology, SPIE Proceedings 5121 98 (2002)
  8. Moving interference patterns created using the angular Doppler-effect (link to article)
    J. Arlt, M.P. MacDonald, L. Paterson, W. Sibbett, K. Dholakia and K. Volke-Sepulveda, Opt. Express. 10 844 (2002)
  9. A cavity-enhanced optical bottle beam as a mechanical amplifier (pdf)
    T. Freegarde and K. Dholakia, Phys. Rev A. 66 013413 (2002).
  10. Orbital angular momentum of a high-order Bessel light beam (pdf) (journal)
    K Volke-Sepulveda, V. Garcés-Chávez, S. Chávez-Cerda, J. Arlt and K. Dholakia
    J. Opt. B: Quantum Semiclass Opt. 4, S82-S89 (2002)
  11. Creation and Manipulation of Three-Dimensional Optically Trapped Structures
    M. P. MacDonald, L. Paterson, K. Volke-Sepulveda, J. Arlt, W. Sibbett, and K. Dholakia, Science 296, 1101-1103 (2002)
  12. Cavity-enhanced toroidal dipole force traps for dark-field seeking species (pdf)
    T Freegarde and K Dholakia, Optics Communications 201, 99-104 (2002)
  13. Revolving interference patterns for the rotation of optically trapped particles (pdf)
    M. P. MacDonald, K. Volke-Sepulveda, L. Paterson, J. Arlt, W. Sibbett and K. Dholakia, Optics Communications 201, 21-28 (2002).

 

2001

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  1. Optical micro-manipulation using a Bessel light beam (pdf)
    J. Arlt, V. Garces-Chavez, W. Sibbett and K. Dholakia, Optics Communications 197, 239-245 (2001)
  2. Trapping and manipulation of low-index particles in a two-dimensional interferometric optical trap (pdf)
    M. P. MacDonald, L.Paterson, W.Sibbett, P.Bryant and K. Dholakia, Optics Letters 26, 863-943 (2001)
  3. Optical dipole traps and atomic waveguides based on Bessel light beams (pdf)
    Jochen Arlt, Kishan Dholakia, Josh Soneson and Ewan M. Wright, Physical Review A 63, 063602 (2001)
  4. Realisation of a mirror magneto-optical trap
    M. A. Clifford, G.P.T. Lancaster, R.H. Mitchell, F. Akerboom and K. Dholakia, Journal of Modern Optics 48, 1123-1128 (2001)
  5. Controlled Rotation of Optically Trapped Microscopic Particles
    L. Paterson, M. P. MacDonald, J. Arlt, W. Sibbett, P. E. Bryant and K. Dholakia, Science 292, 912-914 (2001)
  6. Spatial transformation of Laguerre-Gaussian laser modes (pdf)
    J. Arlt, R. Kuhn and K. Dholakia,Journal of Modern Optics 48(5), 783-787 (2001)
  7. Beth's Experiment using Optical Tweezers (pdf)
    D. N. Moothoo, J. Arlt, R.S. Conroy, F. Akerboom, A. Voit and K. Dholakia, American Journal of Physics 69(3), 271-276 (2001)
  8. Toroidal Optical Dipole Traps for Atomic Bose-Einstein Condensates using Laguerre-Gaussian Beams (pdf)
    E. M. Wright, J. Arlt and K. Dholakia, Physical Review A 63, 013608 (2001)

 

2000

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  1. A visible extended cavity diode laser for the undergraduate laboratory (pdf)
    R. S. Conroy, A. Carleton, A. Carruthers, B. D. Sinclair, C. F. Rae and K. Dholakia, American Journal of Physics 68, 925-932 (2000)
  2. An extended-cavity diode laser with a circular output beam
    G. P. T. Lancaster, W. Sibbett and K. Dholakia, Review of Scientific Instruments 71 (10), 3646-3647 (2000)
  3. Atom guiding along Laguerre-Gaussian and Bessel light beams (pdf)
    J. Arlt, T. Hitomi and K. Dholakia, Applied Physics B 71 (4), 549-554 (2000)
  4. Stabilisation of an 852nm extended cavity diode laser using the Zeeman effect
    M. A. Clifford, G. P. T. Lancaster, R. S. Conroy and K. Dholakia, Journal of Modern Optics 47 (11), 1933-1940 (2000)
  5. Generation of high-order Bessel beams by use of an axicon (pdf)
    J. Arlt and K. Dholakia, Optics Communications 177, 297-301 (2000)
  6. Characterisation of an extended cavity violet diode laser
    R. S. Conroy, J. J. Hewett, G. P. T. Lancaster, W. Sibbett, J. W. Allen and K. Dholakia Optics Communications 175, 185-188 (2000)
  7. Generation of a beam with a dark focus surrounded by regions of higher intensity: the optical bottle beam (pdf)
    J. Arlt and M. J. Padgett, Optics Letters 25, No. 4, 191-193 (2000)

1999

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  1. Polarisation spectroscopy locked laser diodes for studies of cold trapped atoms (pdf)
    G. P. T. Lancaster, R. S. Conroy, M. A. Clifford, J. Arlt and K. Dholakia, Optics Communications 170, No. 1-3, 79-84 (1999)
  2. A simple external cavity diode laser at 635nm
    R. S. Conroy, A. Carleton and K. Dholakia, Journal of Modern Optics 46, No. 12, 1787-1791 (1999)
  3. An experiment to study a "nondiffracting" light beam (pdf)
    C. A. McQueen, J. Arlt and K. Dholakia, American Journal of Physics 67, 912-915 (1999) This paper is referenced in Hecht's ' Optics' (4th Edition) p474-476
  4. Efficiency of second-harmonic generation with Bessel beams (pdf)
    J. Arlt, K. Dholakia, L. Allen and M. J. Padgett, Physical Review A, 60, No. 3, 2438-2441 (1999)
  5. Parametric down-conversion for light beams possessing orbital angular momentum (pdf)
    J. Arlt, K. Dholakia L. Allen and M. J.Padgett Physical Review A 59, No. 5, 3950-3952 (1999)

 

1998

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  1. High-order Laguerre-Gaussian light beams for studies of cold atoms (pdf)
    M. A. Clifford, J. Arlt, J. Courtial and K. Dholakia, Optics Communications, 156, No. 4-6, 300-306 (1998)
  2. Guiding atoms down hollow optical fibres: creating an atom hosepipe
    K. Dholakia, , Physics Education 33, No. 5, 316-319 (1998)
  3. Optical tweezers with increased axial trapping efficiency
    N. B. Simpson, D. McGloin, K. Dholakia, L. Allen and M. J. Padgett, Journal of Modern Optics 45, No. 9, 1943-1949 (1998)
  4. Measurement of the rotational frequency shift imparted to a rotating light beam possessing orbital angular momentum
    J. Courtial, D. A. Robertson, K. Dholakia, L. Allen and M. J. Padgett, Physical Review Letters 81, No. 22, 4828-4830 (1998)
  5. An experiment to demonstrate the angular Doppler effect on laser light
    K. Dholakia, American Journal of Physics 66, No. 11, 1007-1010 (1998)
  6. Atom Hosepipes
    K. Dholakia, Contemporary Physics 39, No. 5, 351-369 (1998)
  7. The production of multiringed Laguerre-Gaussian modes by computer generated holograms (pdf)
    J. Arlt, K. Dholakia, L. Allen and M. J. Padgett, Journal of Modern Optics 45, 1231-1237 (1998)
  8. Measurement of the rotational frequency shift imparted to a rotating light beam possessing orbital angular momentum
    J. Courtial, K. Dholakia, D. A. Robertson, L. Allen and M. J. Padgett, Physical Review Letters 80, No. 15, 3217-3219 (1998)

 

1997

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  1. Second-harmonic generation and the conservation of orbital angular momentum with high order Laguerre-Gaussian modes
    J. Courtial, K. Dholakia, L. Allen and M. J. Padgett, Physical Review A 56, No. 5, 4193-4196 (1997)
  2. Mechanical equivalence of spin and orbital angular momentum of light: An optical spanner (pdf >1Mb)
    N. B. Simpson, K. Dholakia, L. Allen and M. J. Padgett, Optics Letters 22, No. 1, 52-54 (1997)
  3. Gaussian beams with very high orbital angular momentum
    J. Courtial, K. Dholakia, L. Allen and M. J. Padgett, Optics Communications 144, 210-213 (1997)

 

1996

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  1. Second-harmonic generation and the orbital angular momentum of light (pdf)
    K. Dholakia, N. B. Simpson, M. J. Padgett and L. Allen, Physical Review A 54, No. 5, R3742-R3745 (1996)

 

Pre-1996

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  1. Spectroscopy of laser cooled ions
    R C Thompson, K Dholakia, G Zs K Horvath, W Power, D M Sega Journal of Modern Optics 41 1087 (1994)
  2. Photon correlation detection of ion oscillation frequencies in quadrupole ion traps
    K Dholakia, G Zs K Horvath, D M Segal, R C Thompson, D M Warrington and D C Wilson Physical Review A 47 441 (1993)
  3. Ion oscillation frequencies in a combined trap
    D J Bate, K Dholakia,, R C Thompson and D C Wilson Journal of Modern Optics 39 305 (1992)
  4. Photon correlation measurement of ion oscillation frequencies in a combined trap
    K Dholakia, G Zs K Horvath, D M Segal and R C Thompson Journal of Modern Optics 39 2179 (1992)

 

PhD Thesis

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  1. Studies of particle and atom manipulation using free space light beams and photonic crystal fibres (pdf)
    David Gherardi 2009
  2. Longitudinal optical binding (pdf)
    N.K Metzger 2007
  3. Advanced Techniques in Raman Tweezers MicroSpectroscopy for applications in Biomedicine (pdf)
    Philip Jess 2007
  4. Optical micromanipulation using ultrashort pulsed laser sources (pdf)
    Helen Little 2007
  5. Optical Sorting and Manipulation of Microscopic Particles (pdf)
    Graham Milne 2007
  6. External cavity diode lasers and non-linear optical frequency conversion in spectroscopic applications (pdf)
    Anjali Shah, 2006
  7. Atom guiding in free-space light beams and photonic crystal fibres(pdf)
    John Livesey, 2006
  8. Dynamic holographic light shaping for applications in optical micromanipulation and biophotonics (pdf)
    Hannah Melville , 2006
  9. Novel optical micromanipulation techniques and applications of violet diode lasers
    A.E. Carruthers, 2005
  10. Experimental Studies of Cold Atom Guiding Using Hollow Light Beams (pdf)
    D. P. Rhodes, 2005
  11. Cooling, Trapping and Guiding Neutral Atoms with Laser Light (pdf)
    M. Clifford, 2004
  12. Novel Optical Micromanipulation Technqiues (pdf)
    L. Paterson, 2004
  13. Experimental studies of diode lasers and cold atom guiding
    G.P.T. Lancaster, 2001
  14. Applications of Laguerre-Gaussian beams and Bessel beams to both nonlinear optics and atom optics
    J. Arlt, 1999

 

 

 

 

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