Experimental confirmation of the optical-trapping properties of cylindrical objects

Applied Optics

Volumn 38, Issue 22, 1999, Pages 4861-4869

  Gauthier, Robert C ^a   Ashman, Mike ^a   Grover, Chander P ^b  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

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EID: 0000686505     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.38.004861     Document Type: Article

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