Trapping force calibration in biological applications of optical tweezers

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4962, Issue , 2003, Pages 240-248

  Ermilov, Sergey ^a   Anvari, Bahman ^a  

^a Rice University   (United States)

Author keywords

Frequency response; Optical trapping; Signal distortion

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CALIBRATION; SIGNAL DISTORTION; SOLUTIONS; VISCOSITY;

OPTICAL TWEEZERS;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 0242578708     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.477849     Document Type: Conference Paper

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