Three-dimensional optical confinement of micron-sized metal particles and the decoupling of the spin and orbital angular momentum within an optical spanner

Optics Communications

Volumn 185, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 139-143

  O'Neil, Anna T ^a,b   Padgett, Miles J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAVITATION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT SCATTERING;

MICRON-SIZED METAL PARTICLES; THREE-DIMENSIONAL OPTICAL CONFINEMENT;

PARTICLE OPTICS;

EID: 0034320935     PISSN: 00304018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0030-4018(00)00989-5     Document Type: Article

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