Characterization of a tunable, single-beam ponderomotive-optical trap

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 713-722

  Chaloupka, J L ^a   Meyerhofer, D D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTRON TRAPS; LASER BEAMS;

PONDEROMOTIVE-OPTICAL TRAPS;

OPTICAL SYSTEMS;

EID: 0034404870     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.17.000713     Document Type: Article

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