Optical tweezers and spanners

Physics World

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 35-38

  Padgett, Miles ^a   Allen, L E S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0001921344     PISSN: 09538585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/2058-7058/10/9/22     Document Type: Article

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