Optimized single-beam dark optical trap

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1233-1238

  Kaplan, Ariel ^a   Friedman, Nir ^a   Davidson, Nir ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; PHOTONS;

OPTICAL TRAPS;

MAGNETOOPTICAL DEVICES;

EID: 0012144565     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.19.001233     Document Type: Article

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