Measurements of optical tweezers stiffness

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4434, Issue , 2001, Pages 150-157

  Malagnino, N ^a   Pesce, G ^a   Sasso, Antonio ^a   Arimondo, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gradient force; Optical tweezers; Polystyrene particles; Stiffness; Trapping

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; POLYSTYRENES; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; STIFFNESS; VISCOUS FLOW;

OPTICAL TWEEZERS;

OPTICAL DEVICES;

EID: 0035759811     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.446672     Document Type: Article

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