Spatial light modulator–controlled alignment and spinning of birefringent particles optically trapped in an array

Applied Optics

Volumn 42, Issue 25, 2003, Pages 5107-5111

  Eriksen, René L ^a   Rodrigo, Peter J ^a   Daria, Vincent R ^a   Glückstad, Jesper ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; COMPUTER CONTROL; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; LASER DAMAGE; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIQUID CRYSTALS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOTONS;

TRAPPING BEAMS;

LIGHT MODULATORS;

ARTICLE; BIREFRINGENCE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; OPTICS; PARTICLE SIZE; POLARIZATION MICROSCOPY;

BIREFRINGENCE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LASERS; LENSES; MICROSCOPY, POLARIZATION; OPTICS; PARTICLE SIZE;

EID: 0043283229     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.42.005107     Document Type: Article

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