Modern flow cytometric cell sorters are all capable of so-called "high-speed sorting." However, there is confusion about exactly how fast a "high-speed" cell sorter can sort cells. There are many considerations in achieving the fastest sorting speed, as well as the highest quality sort results--cell recovery, purity, and functionality. This requires the same considerations required for "slow-sp...

Building on previous works, this paper establishes that the minimal depth of a Bitonic sorter of n keys is 2 dlog(n)e − blog(n)c.

Cell size is a defining characteristic central to cell function and ultimately to tissue architecture. The ability to sort cell subpopulations of different sizes would facilitate investigation at genomic and proteomic levels of mechanisms by which cells attain and maintain their size. Currently available cell sorters, however, cannot directly measure cell volume electronically, and it would the...

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Optical vortex beams can be used as carriers of information in optical communication and quantum optics applications. Owing to their spatial orthogonality, these beams can be multiplexed and demultiplexed, but up until now this was primarily achieved by bulky and large devices. In this work, a new approach is used to fabricate miniature vortex mode sorters based on three-dimensional laser print...