Patents by Inventor Huizhu Hu

Huizhu Hu has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11789057
    Abstract: A method for electric field measurement based on a levitated particle includes steps of (1) capturing a particle and levitating the captured particle; (2) adjusting a quantity of electric charge carried by the levitated particle; (3) measuring a charge number N of the levitated particle; (4) disposing the levitated particle in an electric field to be measured, measuring a displacement power spectral density Svxel of the levitated particle under the electric field and obtaining an electric field force Fel; and (5) according to a formula of E=Fel/Nqe, obtaining an electric field intensity E. An apparatus for electric field measurement based on a levitated particle includes a high-voltage DC (direct current) power supply, two bare wire electrodes, a vacuum chamber, a trapping laser, an objective lens, a pair of parallel electrodes, a collective lens, a quadrant photodetector, a lock-in amplifier, a signal generator and a power amplifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignees: Zhejiang Lab, Zhejiang University
    Inventors: Huizhu Hu, Zhenhai Fu, Xiaowen Gao, Tao Liang, Peitong He, Jing Jiang
  • Patent number: 11774344
    Abstract: The present application discloses a nanoparticle recognition device and method based on detection of scattered light with electric dipole rotation. According to the scattering model of nanoparticles, the in situ detection of particle morphology in an optical trap is realized by the methods of particle suspension control and scattered light detection and separation. Specifically, two linearly polarized laser beams are used, wherein the first laser beam suspends nanoparticles and rotates nanoparticles by adjusting the polarization direction; the polarization direction of the second linearly polarized light is unchanged, and scattered light in a specific dipole direction is excited; the change of the polarizability of the nanoparticles is deduced by monitoring the change of the light intensity of the scattered light excited by the second laser beam at the fixed position, so that particle morphology recognition is realized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignees: ZHEJIANG LAB, ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Cuihong Li, Yuanyuan Ma, Zhaoxiong He, Shaochong Zhu, Zhiming Chen, Huizhu Hu
  • Publication number: 20230243998
    Abstract: An absolute gravimeter and a measurement method based on vacuum optical tweezers. The micro-nano particle releasing device is equipped with micro-nano particles, and is located above laser optical tweezers, and the laser optical tweezers have two capturing beams which pass through the respective convergent lenses and then converge at an intersection. An area where the intersection is located serves as an optical trap capturing region, and the micro-nano particles are stably captured by the two capturing beams in the optical trap capturing region. The optical interferometer is electrically connected to the signal processing device, the optical interferometer measures a displacement of the micro-nano particles in real time at the beginning of a free fall process from the optical trap capturing region and sends the displacement signal to the signal processing device. The signal processing device obtains a measured value of an absolute gravitational acceleration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicants: ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY, ZHEJIANG LAB
    Inventors: Xingfan CHEN, Yishi LIU, Xiaowen GAO, Nan LI, Huizhu HU, Cheng LIU
  • Patent number: 11680961
    Abstract: A probe-based bidirectional electrophoretic force optical trap loading method includes steps of (1) detaching target particles from an upper electrode plate and capturing the target particles by a micro-scale probe based on a bidirectional electrophoretic force; (2) moving the probe with the target particles over an optical trap, applying a reverse electric field between the probe and the upper substrate electrode plate which is applied during a polar relaxation time of the target particles, and desorbing the target particles from the probe; and (3) turning on the optical trap, applying an electric field between the lower electrode plate and the upper electrode plate, adjusting the speed of the desorbed target particles through the electric field at which the optical trap is able to capture the desorbed target particles and the desorbed target particles moving to the effective capture range of the optical trap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignees: Zhejiang Lab, Zhejiang University
    Inventors: Yuanyuan Ma, Cuihong Li, Zhiming Chen, Yingying Wang, Xunmin Zhu, Huizhu Hu
  • Publication number: 20230135076
    Abstract: A method for electric field measurement based on a levitated particle includes steps of (1) capturing a particle and levitating the captured particle; (2) adjusting a quantity of electric charge carried by the levitated particle; (3) measuring a charge number N of the levitated particle; (4) disposing the levitated particle in an electric field to be measured, measuring a displacement power spectral density Svxel of the levitated particle under the electric field and obtaining an electric field force Fel; and (5) according to a formula of E=Fel/Nqe, obtaining an electric field intensity E. An apparatus for electric field measurement based on a levitated particle includes a high-voltage DC (direct current) power supply, two bare wire electrodes, a vacuum chamber, a trapping laser, an objective lens, a pair of parallel electrodes, a collective lens, a quadrant photodetector, a lock-in amplifier, a signal generator and a power amplifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Huizhu Hu, Zhenhai Fu, Xiaowen Gao, Tao Liang, Peitong He, Jing Jiang
  • Patent number: 11605476
    Abstract: A method for enhancing vacuum tolerance of optical levitation particles includes steps of: (1) turning on a trapping laser to form an optical trap, loading the particles to an effective capture region of the optical trap, and collecting scattered light signals; (2) turning on the preheating laser, and directing a preheating laser beam to the captured particles; (3) adjusting a power of the preheating laser until a particle heating rate is larger than a heat dissipation rate; (4) turning on the vacuum pump, and stopping evacuating when a vacuum degree is greater than a vacuum inflection point of a first reduction of the effective capture region of the optical trap; and (5) turning off the preheating laser when the scattered light signals collected by the photodetector no longer changes. The present invention improves a stable capture probability of the particles in high vacuum environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignees: Zhejiang Lab, Zhejiang University
    Inventors: Cuihong Li, Yuanyuan Ma, Yizhou Zhang, Xiaowen Gao, Shaochong Zhu, Huizhu Hu
  • Publication number: 20220415534
    Abstract: A method for enhancing vacuum tolerance of optical levitation particles includes steps of: (1) turning on a trapping laser to form an optical trap, loading the particles to an effective capture region of the optical trap, and collecting scattered light signals; (2) turning on the preheating laser, and directing a preheating laser beam to the captured particles; (3) adjusting a power of the preheating laser until a particle heating rate is larger than a heat dissipation rate; (4) turning on the vacuum pump, and stopping evacuating when a vacuum degree is greater than a vacuum inflection point of a first reduction of the effective capture region of the optical trap; and (5) turning off the preheating laser when the scattered light signals collected by the photodetector no longer changes. The present invention improves a stable capture probability of the particles in high vacuum environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Cuihong Li, Yuanyuan Ma, Yizhou Zhang, Xiaowen Gao, Shaochong Zhu, Huizhu Hu
  • Publication number: 20220390482
    Abstract: A probe-based bidirectional electrophoretic force optical trap loading method includes steps of (1) detaching target particles from an upper electrode plate and capturing the target particles by a micro-scale probe based on a bidirectional electrophoretic force; (2) moving the probe with the target particles over an optical trap, applying a reverse electric field between the probe and the upper substrate electrode plate which is applied during a polar relaxation time of the target particles, and desorbing the target particles from the probe; and (3) turning on the optical trap, applying an electric field between the lower electrode plate and the upper electrode plate, adjusting the speed of the desorbed target particles through the electric field at which the optical trap is able to capture the desorbed target particles and the desorbed target particles moving to the effective capture range of the optical trap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Yuanyuan Ma, Cuihong Li, Zhiming Chen, Yingying Wang, Xunmin Zhu, Huizhu Hu
  • Publication number: 20220350125
    Abstract: Disclosed is an optical trap calibration apparatus and method based on variation of electric field by optical imaging of a nanoparticle. By means of a direct optical imaging method, a linear nanoparticle equilibrium position displacement under the action of a constant electric field is measured to realize calibration, thereby avoiding the introduction of error signals, and improving the reliability of differential calibration. The specific calibration method and apparatus of the present invention are not only suitable for calibration of electric field quantity, but also suitable for the calibration of other magnetic forces and the like. By means of the accurate calibration of mechanical quantity in the present invention, the development and application of the vacuum optical trap sensing technology can be promoted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: Cuihong LI, Zhenhai FU, Jing JIANG, Zhiming CHEN, Yuanyuan MA, Huizhu HU
  • Publication number: 20220344070
    Abstract: Disclosed is a multi-dimensional optical tweezers calibration device based on electric field quantity calibration and a method thereof. The polarization-dependent characteristics of a tightly focused optical trap are utilized to realize triaxial electric field force calibration of particles through a one-dimensional electric field quantity calibration device. The method of the present application enables a particle electric field force calibration system to be compatible with particle delivery and particle detection systems; the device is simplified and calibration complexity is reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Cuihong LI, Zhiming CHEN, Yuanyuan MA, Xiaowen GAO, Zhenhai FU, Huizhu HU
  • Publication number: 20220196539
    Abstract: The present application discloses a nanoparticle recognition device and method based on detection of scattered light with electric dipole rotation. According to the scattering model of nanoparticles, the in situ detection of particle morphology in an optical trap is realized by the methods of particle suspension control and scattered light detection and separation. Specifically, two linearly polarized laser beams are used, wherein the first laser beam suspends nanoparticles and rotates nanoparticles by adjusting the polarization direction; the polarization direction of the second linearly polarized light is unchanged, and scattered light in a specific dipole direction is excited; the change of the polarizability of the nanoparticles is deduced by monitoring the change of the light intensity of the scattered light excited by the second laser beam at the fixed position, so that particle morphology recognition is realized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Cuihong LI, Yuanyuan MA, Zhaoxiong HE, Shaochong ZHU, Zhiming CHEN, Huizhu HU
  • Patent number: 11255767
    Abstract: A method and a device for measuring light field distribution are provided; including steps of utilizing the optical trap to stably levitating particles, moving the optical trap to bring the particles close to the light field to be measured, and utilizing the photodetector to collect the scattered light signals of the particles at different positions in the three-dimensional space of the light field to be measured, and calculating the light field distribution of the light field to be measured according to the scattered light intensity which is proportional to the light intensity at that position. The device for measuring the optical field distribution includes a laser, an optical trapping path, particles, a photodetector, a control system and an upper computer; the laser emits a laser, passes through the optical trapping path, and emits highly focused captured light B to form an V optical trap to capture particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignees: Zhejiang Lab, Zhejiang University
    Inventors: Zhenhai Fu, Cheng Liu, Zhiming Chen, Xingfan Chen, Nan Li, Huizhu Hu
  • Publication number: 20210333190
    Abstract: A method and a device for measuring light field distribution are provided; including steps of utilizing the optical trap to stably levitating particles, moving the optical trap to bring the particles close to the light field to be measured, and utilizing the photodetector to collect the scattered light signals of the particles at different positions in the three-dimensional space of the light field to be measured, and calculating the light field distribution of the light field to be measured according to the scattered light intensity which is proportional to the light intensity at that position. The device for measuring the optical field distribution includes a laser, an optical trapping path, particles, a photodetector, a control system and an upper computer; the laser emits a laser, passes through the optical trapping path, and emits highly focused captured light B to form an V optical trap to capture particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventors: Zhenhai Fu, Cheng Liu, Zhiming Chen, Xingfan Chen, Nan Li, Huizhu Hu