Radiation pressure exerted by light was a lifelong passion for Arthur Ashkin. He foresaw that light pressure could do useful work and invented the optical tweezers that can trap microscopic objects, from small ‘living things’ down to individual atoms.

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纪念亚瑟·阿什金

光施加的辐射压力是Arthur Ashkin毕生的热情。他预见到，光压力可以起到有益的作用，并发明了可以钳住微小物体的光学镊子，从微小的“活物”到单个原子。