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- quantum computing startup Atom Computing uses them to hold dozens of individual atoms midair separately, to later entangle their nuclei
Optical Tweezers Experiment by Alexis Bishop
. Source. Setup on a optical table. He drags a 1 micron ball of polystyrene immersed in water around with the laser. You look through the microscope and move the stage. Brownian motion is also clearly visible when the laster is not holding the ball.