Trapping forces in a multiple-beam fiber-optic trap

Applied Optics

Volumn 36, Issue 25, 1997, Pages 6423-6433

  Sidick, Erkin ^a,b   Collins, Scott D ^a   Knoesen, André ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b CVI Laser Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Fiber optic trap; Laser trap; Optical tweezers; Radiation pressure

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; GRADIENT INDEX OPTICS; LASER BEAMS; LENSES; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; LIGHT REFLECTION; LIGHT REFRACTION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PRESSURE; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

DIELECTRIC MICROSPHERES; FIBER OPTIC TRAP; LASER TRAP; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; RADIATION PRESSURE;

FIBER OPTICS;

EID: 0031233505     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.36.006423     Document Type: Article

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