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As a versatile tool for trapping and manipulating neutral particles, optical tweezers have been studied in a broad range of fields such as molecular biology, nanotechnology, and experimentally physics since Arthur Ashkin pioneered the field in the early 1970s. By levitating the “sensor” with a laser beam instead of adhering it to solid components, excellent environmental decoupling is achieved. Furthermore, unlike levitating particles in liquid or air, optical tweezers operating in vacuum are isolated from environmental thermal noise, thus eliminating the primary source of dissipation present for most inertial sensors. This attracted great attention in both fundamental and applied physics. In this paper we review the history and the basic concepts of optical tweezers in vacuum and provide an overall understanding of the field.

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The authors acknowledge the valuable discussions with all the participants in the 2018 Hefei Symposium on Vacuum Optical Tweezers Technology and Applications.

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Correspondence to Hui-zhu Hu.

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Project supported by the Joint Fund of Ministry of Education, China (No. 6141A02011604), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, China (Nos. 2016XZZX00401 and 2018FZA5002), and the National Program for Special Support of Top-Notch Young Professionals, China

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Li, N., Zhu, Xm., Li, Wq. et al. Review of optical tweezers in vacuum. Frontiers Inf Technol Electronic Eng 20, 655–673 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1631/FITEE.1900095

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