Optical torque and symmetry

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5514, Issue , 2004, Pages 254-263

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Laser trapping; Light scattering; Optical torque; Optical tweezers

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BIREFRINGENCE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT SCATTERING; OPTICAL DEVICES; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); QUANTUM THEORY;

LASER TRAPPING; OPTICAL TORQUE; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; VORTEX MODES;

TORQUE;

EID: 13244291399     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.557070     Document Type: Conference Paper

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