Trapping model for the low-index ring-shaped micro-object in a focused, lowest-order Gaussian laser-beam profile

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 782-789

  Gauthier, Robert C ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 0031483011     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.14.000782     Document Type: Article

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