Measurement of orbital angular momentum in optical tweezers

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5514, Issue , 2004, Pages 264-274

  Parkin, Simon J W ^a   Nieminen, Timo A ^a   Heckenberg, Norman R ^a   Rubinsztein Dunlop, Halina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Holograms; Optical Tweezers; Orbital Angular Momentum

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; HOLOGRAMS; LASER BEAMS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; PHOTONS; TORQUE;

BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; MACROSCOPIC SCALE; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; ORBITAL ANGULAR MOMENTUM (AM);

OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 13244256914     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.556730     Document Type: Conference Paper

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