Theoretical investigation of the optical trapping properties of a micro-optic cubic glass structure

Applied Optics

Volumn 39, Issue 18, 2000, Pages 3060-3070

  Gauthier, Robert C ^a   Frangioudakis, Athanasios ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLASS; LASER BEAMS; TORQUE;

OPTICAL TRAPPING;

MICROOPTICS;

EID: 0011866847     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.39.003060     Document Type: Article

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