Construction of multiple-beam optical traps with nanometer-resolution position sensing

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1066-1076

  Visscher, Koen ^a   Gross, Steven P ^a   Block, Steven M ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; LASER BEAMS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MACROMOLECULES; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PHOTODETECTORS; PROTEINS; STIFFNESS;

MULTIPLE BEAM OPTICAL TWEEZERS; MULTIPLE OPTICAL TRAPS; NANOMETER RESOLUTION POSITION DETECTORS;

OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 0030358936     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2944.577338     Document Type: Article

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