Laser trapping of microscopic particles for undergraduate experiments

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 68, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 993-1001

  Pastel, Robert ^a   Struthers, Allan ^a   Ringle, Ryan ^a   Rogers, Jeremy ^a   Rohde, Charles ^a   Geiser, Peter ^b  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CLAUSTHAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

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EID: 0034363612     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.1286048     Document Type: Article

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