Optical trapping force with annular and doughnut laser beams based on vectorial diffraction

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1260-1265

  Ganic, Djenan ^a   Gan, Xiaosong ^a   Gu, Min ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND NETWORKS; COSTS; LASER BEAMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MODAL ANALYSIS; OPTICAL FILTERS; POLARIZATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

DOUGHTNUT LASER BEAMS; ILLUMINATION BEAMS; OPTICAL TRAPPING; VECTORIAL DIFFRACTION;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION;

EID: 14744283792     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.001260     Document Type: Article

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