Table 1, 2, 3

Since these lists may be of use to someone building a similar apparatus

in the future, a general price range is included, with $ for items priced from
$10 to $99, $$ for $100 to $999, $$$ for $1 000 to $9 999, and $$$$ for $10 000
to $99 999.
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Table 1: Elements of the optical tweezer pathway

#

Item

Brand

Item number

Price

Seed laser

NP Photonics

FLM-50-0-1064

$$$$

Trapping laser amplifier

Nufern

PM-ASA-SFA-5W-source,
SUB-1151-13

$$$$

Attenuator

Newport

935-3-OPT

$$$

Iris

Newport

ID-1.0

$$

Beam sampler

Newport

10B20NC.3

$$

Thorlabs

DET10C

$$
$$$

Lens
IR Photodiode
6

Shutter with footpedal

Uniblitz

CS45S1T1 and 710R/F

Iris

Newport

ID-0.5

89

Mirror pair

Newport

10D20ER.2 (qty:2)

$$

10

Iris

Newport

ID-1.0

$$

Acousto-optic deflector
(removed)

IntraAction

DTD-274HD6 with
DVE-120 and DPA-502D

$$$

11

First expansion lens,

f = 50.2 mm

Newport

KPX082AR.33

12

Pinhole, 50 m with
five-axis mount

Newport

910PH-50 and 910A

13

Second expansion lens,

f = 250 mm

Newport

KPX109AR.33

1415

Mirror pair in periscope /

beam steerer

Newport

13E20DM.10 (qty:2)

$$

1617

Aiming mirror pair

Thorlabs

BB1-E03 (qty:2)

$$

18

Steering lens

Newport

KPX202AR.33

$$

19

Last lens

Newport

KPX202AR.33

$$

20

IR dichroic mirror and

filter cube

Chroma

700dcspxr and 91020

$$

21

Objective, CFI Plan Fluor

100x 1.3NA

Nikon

MRH01901

$$$

22

Immersion oil

Nikon

MXA20234

$
$$$

Table 2: Elements of the IR collection path for position detection

Item

Brand

Item number

Price

Immersion oil

Nikon

MXA20234

Condenser, T-C-HNAO
high NA oil lens

Nikon

MEL41410

$$$

Dichroic mirror in
T-CHA

Chroma

700dcspxr

$$

First IR collection lens,

f = 200 mm

Newport

KBX076AR.18

Filter wheel

New Focus (now

Newport)

5215

$$

Second IR collection
lens, f = 75.6 mm

Newport

KPX088AR.18

PSD filter, 1064 nm

notch pass

Chroma

z1064/10x

$$

Position sensing device

(PSD)

Pacific Silicon (now

called First Sensor)

DL16-7PCBA3,
10-026

$$

Table 3: Items relating to the optical tweezers apparatus

Item

Brand

Item number

Price

Piezostage

Physik Instrumente

P-517.3CL and E-710.4CL

$$$$

Inverted microscope

AG Heinze / Nikon

TE2000U

$$$$

Power meter & sensor

Coherent

33-0498-000 and 1098304

$$$

IR viewer

Find-R-Scope

FJW 84499A

$$$

IR cards

New Focus

5842

$$

Table 4: Excitation path

Item

Excitation laser
CrystaLaser GCL-532-100-L CW DPSS, $$$$
TEM00 , Noise < 0.5%, >100:1 polarization, stable 1% over 24 hours

Filter wheel

Newport

FS-3R and FWM1X6

$$

Lens, f = 250 mm

Newport

KPX109AR.14 and TSX-1D

$$

Mirror

Newport

10D20BD.1

Half wave plate, mica

OptoSigma

068-2350

$$

Holographic notch
filter

Kaiser
Optical
Systems

HLBF-532.0

$$$

Lens pair

Newport

KPX096AR.14 (qty:2) and

TSX-1D stage

$$

Iris

Iris

ID-0.5 and MH-2P

$$

10

Mirror

Newport

10D20BD.1

11

Beam sampler

Newport?

10B20NC.1?

$$

12

Iris

Iris

ID-0.5 and MH-2P

$$

13

Mirror

Newport

10D20BD.1

14

Lens, f = 25 mm

Newport

KPC025AR.14

15

Linear polarizer

Newport

10GT04AR.14

$$

16

Lens, f = 400 mm

Newport

KPX115AR.14 and TSX-1D

$$

17

Iris

Newport

ID-1.0

$$

Mirror pair in
periscope / beam
steerer

Newport

10D20BD.1 (qty:2) and

BSD-2A

$$

20

Last mirror

Newport

10D20BD.1

21

Excitation dichroic
mirror

Chroma

z532rdc

$$

22

Transmission through IR dichroic (optional)

23

Objective, CFI Plan

Fluor 100x 1.3NA

78

1819

Brand

Item number

Nikon

MRH01901

Price

$$$

Table 5: Collection path

#

Item

Brand

Item number

Objective, same

Nikon

MRH01901

23

Price
$$$

Transmission through excitation dichroic and, optionally, IR dichroic

Lens in microscope base

Nikon

part of TE2000U

Mirror in microscope base

Nikon

part of TE2000U

Lens, f = 100 mm

Newport

PAC052AR.14

$$

Beamsplitter cube, 50:50

Newport

10BC17MB.1

$$

7.1

Filter, notch block 532 nm

CVI Melles Griot

RNF-532.0

$$

7.2

Lens, f = 50.8 mm

Newport

PAC040

7.3

Optical fiber, multimode,

24 m

Thorlabs

BFL37-400

$$

7.4

Lens

Newport

7.5

Spectrometer

Princeton Instruments/Acton

SpectraPro 2758:
ARC-SP-2758

7.6

Grating, 300 G/mm

Princeton Instruments/Acton

ARC-750-1-030-500

$$

7.7

CCD camera, liquid

nitrogen cooled

Princeton Instruments/Acton

Spec-10:400BR/LN

$$$$

Thorlabs

BP108

Pellicle beamsplitter,
8:92 (R:T)

$
$$$$

8.1

Lens

Newport

8.2

Camera, color CMOS

Uniforce /
PixeLink

PL-B681CF-KIT

$$$

Filter, 640 nm long pass

Omega Optical

3RD640LP

$$

10

Beamsplitter cube, 50:50

Newport

10BC17MB.1

$$

11

Filter, blocks 1064 nm and

532 nm

Omega Optical

XB11

$$

12

Filter, notch block 1064 nm

Edmund

NT46-567

$$

13

Lens, f = 63.5 mm

Newport

PAC043AR.14 (qty:2)

$$

14

Optical fiber, multimode

Pacer / Perkin
Elmer (OZ optics)

SPCM-Q9 (MMJ-33IRVIS-50/125-3A-2)
(qty:2)

$$

15

Avalanche photodiode

Pacer / Perkin
Elmer, now
Excelitas

SPCM-AQRH-13-FC
(qty:2)

$$$$

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