Optical angular momentum transfer to transparent isotropic particles using laser beam carrying zero average angular momentum

Optics Express

Volumn 10, Issue 17, 2002, Pages 871-878

  Santamato, Enrico ^a   Sasso, Antonio ^a   Piccirillo, Bruno ^a   Vella, Angela ^a  

^a INFM   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; PARTICLE OPTICS; TORQUE; TRANSPARENCY; VISCOSITY;

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; ANGULAR MOTION; NEMATIC FILMS;

LASER BEAMS;

EID: 0038088453     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.10.000871     Document Type: Article

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